File Ref.No.4282/GA - IV - B2/2012/CU
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
Abstract
BA Programme in English - CUCBCSS UG - 2014 Admission - Scheme and Syllabus - Approved Implemented with effect from 2014 Admissions - Orders Issued
G & A - IV - B
U.O.No. 6837/2014/Admn
Dated, Calicut University.P.O, 16.07.2014
Read:-1. UO , No. 3797/2013/CU dated 07.09.2013 (CBCSS UG Modified Regulations ) (File
.ref.no. 13752/GAIV J SO /2013/ CU)
2. UO . No 5180/2014/Admn, dated 29.05.2014 (CBCSS UG Revised Regulations )
(File ref.no. 13752/GAIV J SO/2013/CU)
3. Item no 1 of the MInutes of the Meeting of the Board of Studies in English UG held
on 07.03.2014
4. Remarks of the Dean Faculty of Language and Literature vide email dated
30.05.2014
5. Orders of the Vice Chancellor in file of even No. dated 13.07.2014
ORDER
The Modified Regulations of Choice Based Credit Semester System for UG Curriculum with
effect from 2014 admission under the University of Calicut was implemented vide paper read first
above.
The Revised CUCBCSS UG Regulations has been implemented with effect from 2014
admission for all UG Programmes under CUCBCSS in the University vide paper read second above.
The Board of Studies in English (UG) vide paper read third unanimously ratified the revised
Syllabi of CUCBCSS BA English with effect from 2014 admission.
Vide paper read fouth the Dean Faculty of Language and Literature has approved
the
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Studies in English (UG) held on 07.03.2014 and the Syllabus
of BA English CUCBCSS .
Vide paper read fifth above, the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor , considering the exigency, exercising
the powers of the Academic Council has approved the item number 1 of the Minutes of the Meeting
of the Board of Studies in English (UG) held on 07.03.2014 subject to ratification by the Academic
Council , .
Sanction has therefore been accorded for implementing the Scheme and Syllabus of BA
Programme in English under CUCBCSS, in the University with effect from 2014 admission.
Orders are issued accordingly.
(The Syllabus is available in the Website: University of Calicut.info)
Muhammed S
Deputy Registrar
To
1. The Principals of all Affiliated Colleges under the University of Calicut
2. PS to VC/PVC/ PA to Registrar/CE/EX IV Section/EG Section/Director SDE/DR and AR BA Branch/SDE/SDE Exam Branch/Library/Information Centres/SF/DF/FC
Forwarded / By Order
Section Officer
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
SYLLABUS FORUG COMMON COI'RSES IN ENGLISH
2014-15 oNwARDs
REVISED SYLLABUS OF COMMON COURSES FOR UG T]NDER CBCSS,
CALICUT I,JNT!'ERSITY
FOR 2014-15 ADMISSION ONWARDS
(IEE
REVISION OF SYLI,ABUS IS EFFECTED FOR THE COMMON COI]RSES ONLY.
TEERE IS NO CEANGE IN TEE CORE COIJRSES, AND STIJDENTS ARE TO FOLLOW TIIE
CORE COURSES ETFECTED FROM 2012 ONWARDS. THE SYLLABUS FOR THE UG
PROGRAMf,, IN ENGLISH FOR COMMON COIJRSES AND CORE COURSES UNDER DISTANCE
EDUCATION SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE SYLLABUS FOR THE REGULAR PROGRAMME.
THE SYLI,ABUS FOR TIIE AFSAL.ULULAMA SRELIMINARY ENGLISH) IS ALSO REVISED.
IIIE
ORDER OF COI]RSES IS ALSO RE.ARRANGED)
Total Marks
: 100
Intemal Assessment
Extemal Assessment
:20
:80
Internal Assessment
Attendance
Assignment/SeminarNTY
Test
Paper
ofExam
Duration
A
:25Vo
: 25Yo
:50o/o
:3 hrs
OI]T LIITE OF COMMON COI]RSES
I
Common English course II
l2.
j-
Co
Common Eaglish course
III
456.
Common English course
lI,'
mon English course
Common English course V
Commoa English course
Y
I
English courses I to W - applicable to
BA/B.Sc. Regular Pattem
English courses I to IV - applicable to
Language Reduced Pattem (LRP) Progriunmes
B. Com, BBA, BBA (T), BBM, B. Sc (LRP),
BCA etc
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7.
Additional language course I
8.
Additional language course II
9.
Additional language course III
10. Additional language course IV
Addl. Language courses I to IV – applicable
to BA/B.Sc. Regular Pattern
Addl. Language courses I &II – applicable to
Language Reduced Pattern (LRP) Programmes
11. General course I
12. General course II
13. General course III
14. General course IV
Applicable to Language Reduced
Pattern (LRP) Programmes
4
ENG5B03
METHODOLOGY OF LITERATURE
5
4
5
ENG5B04
INFORMATICS
5
4
5
ENG5B05
PROJECT*
2
0
5
ENG6B01
LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY
5
4
6
ENG6B02
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH:
5
4
6
AMERICAN & POST COLONIAL
ENG6B03
WOMEN’S WRITING
5
4
6
ENG6B04
WRITING FOR THE MEDIA
5
4
6
ENG6B05
PROJECT*
0
2
6
*The Project works begin in the V Semester and shall be submitted in the end
of the VI Semester. The credits shall be considered in the VI Semester only.
CORE COURSES IN ENGLISH FOR DOUBLE MAIN PROGRAMMES
WITH ENGLISH AS ONE OF THE COMPONENT
Course code
Name of the course
DMENG1B01
READING POETRY
DMENG2B01
READING PROSE
6
4
2
DMENG3B01
READING DRAMA
5
4
3
DMENG3B02
READING FICTION
5
4
3
DMENG4B01
5
4
4
5
4
5
5
4
5
---
MODERN ENGLISH
LITERATURE
INDIAN WRITING
IN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND
LINGUISTICS
OPEN COURSE
3
4
5
DMENG5B05(Pr)
PROJECT*
2
0
5
DMENG6B01
LITERARY
CRITICISM AND
THEORY
5
4
6
DMENG6B03E0(1/
2/3)
ELECTIVE
3
3
6
DMENG6B06(Pr)
0
2
6
DMENG5B01
DMENG5B02
PROJECT*
th
No. of
No. of
contact
Credit
hours/week
6
4
Semester
* The project work begins in the 5 semester and shall be submitted in the
th
end of 6 Semester. But the credits (2) will be considered only in Semester 6
1
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OUTLINE OF ELECTIVES
ELECTIVES
Course
Code
Title of Course
No. of
Contact
Hours/Week
No. of
Credits
Semester in
which El.
is to be
taught
3
2
6
3
2
6
3
2
6
ENG6B5E1
or
DMENG6B3
E
1
World Classics in
Translation
ENG6B5E2
or
DMENG6B3
E
2
Regional Literatures in
Translation
ENG6B5E3
or
DMENG6B3
E
3
Dalit Literature
OUTLINE OF OPEN COURSES
OPEN COURSES OFFERED BY BA ENGLISH PROGRAMME
FOR STUDENTS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES
Course
Code
ENG5D01
Film Studies
3
2
Semester
in which
OC
is to be
taught
5
ENG5D02
Creative Writing in English
3
2
5
Applied Language Skills
3
2
5
EN5D03
Title of Course
No. of
Contact
Hours/Week
No. of
Credits
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES OFFERED FOR B.A. ENGLISH PROGRAME
Social and Cultural History of Britain
Modern World History/Journalism/Political
Science /Sociology /Indian Constitution and
politics
Journalism
Political Science /Audio Visual Communication
/Modern Indian History/Indian Constitution and
Politics
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REVISED SYLLABUS FOR COMMON COURSES 2014-15 ONWARDS
ENG1 A01: THE FOUR SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION
1. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To train learners in the Basic English Language Skills, word building, soft skills and effective
communication
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Module 1: English for Communication
Module 2: Primary Skills
Module 3 : Secondary Skills
Module 4: Grammar
Evaluation
10 hours
15 hours
15 hours
20 hours
12 hours
Total 72 hours
COURSE CODE ENG1 A01
COURSE CODE
ENG1 A01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
THE FOUR SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE TO BE
TAUGHT
1
NO. OF CREDITS
3
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
A.Core Text
Module 1. English for Communication
1. Communication and Language
2. English as a Global Language
Module 2.Primary Skills
1. Listening
1. Listening to a conversation
2. Listening to a speech
3. Listening to a lecture
2. Speaking
1. Greeting
2. Thanking
3. Requesting
4. Enquiring
5. Explaining
6. Reporting
7. Permission
8. Pronunciations of English
i. Introduction to phonetics
ii. Received Pronunciation
iii. Vowels and Consonants
iv. Syllables and Word Stress
Module 3. Secondary Skills
1. Reading
72 (4 hours/ week)
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
News reports
Charts
Advertisements
Official Letters/Documents
Online Content
Reading Poem” An October morning”
Reading Poem” Hawk Roosting”
Reading the essay,” How to escape from intellectual rubbish”
Reading the essay “On the need for a quiet college ”
2. Writing
1. Sentence
2. Paragraphs
3. Reports
4. Letters
5. Resumes and Cover Letters
6. Emails
7. Making Notes
8. Blogs
9. Punctuations
Module 4. Grammar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Word Class
Subject – Verb Agreement
Tenses
Articles
Phrases ,Clauses and Sentences
Voices
Idioms
Appendix
Code
ENG1
A01
Title
Author
The Four Skills for Communication Dr. Josh Sreedharan
Publisher & Year
Cambridge UP, 2014
ENG1 A02: MODERN PROSE AND DRAMA
1.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
a. To introduce learners to representative English prose from different cultural
and geographical backgrounds
b. To cultivate their tastes in drama
c. To expose to logical and imaginative writing
3.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Module 1: Prose
Module 2: Drama
Evaluation:
40 hours
40 hours
10 hours
Total: 90 hours
COURSE CODE
ENG1 A02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
MODERN PROSE AND DRAMA
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE TO BE
TAUGHT
1
NO. OF CREDITS
3
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90(5hrs/wk)
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COURSE CODE ENG1 A02
A. Core Text
Module 1. Prose
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Gandhiji as a School Master : M.K.Gandhi
Women’s Role in the National Movement : Subhash Chandra Bose
Martin Luther King and Africa: Chinua Achbe
Ambedkar’s Constituent Assembly Speech: Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
Why I Want a Wife : Judy Brady
6. In Search of Sweet Peas: Ruskin Bond
Module 2. Drama
1. Never Never Nest: Cedric Mount
2. Refund: Fritz Karinthy
3. Soul Gone Home : Langston Hughes
Code
Title
Author
ENG1 A02 Modern Prose and Drama
Dr. Zainul Abid Kotta Oxford UP, 2014
Publisher & Year
ENG2 A03 INSPIRING EXPRESSIONS
COURSE CODE
ENG2 A03
TITLE OF THE COURSE
INSPIRING EXPRESSIONS
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE TO BE
TAUGHT
2
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
72(4hrs/wk)
1. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
a. To acquaint the students with Short Stories
b. To cultivate their tastes in English Poetry
c. To expose to imaginative writing
2.
COURSE OUTLINE
1. Module 1. Poems
2. Module 2 .Short Stories
3. Evaluation
30 Hrs
30 Hours
12 hours
Total 72 Hours
COURSE CODE ENG2 A03
A. Core Text
Module 1. Poetry
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
“On his Blindness” : John Milton
“To his Coy Mistress” : Andrew Marvel
“Ulysses”: Lord Tennyson
“Ode to Nightingale”: John Keats
“My Last Duchess”: Robert Browning
“Indian Summer”: Jayanth Mahapatra
“Journey of the Magi”: T.S.Eliot
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Module 2. Short Stories
1.
2.
3.
4.
Code
The Luncheon : Somerset Maugham
Karma: Kushwant Singh
The Model Millionaire: Oscar Wilde
The Night the Ghost Got in : James Thurber
Title
Author
ENG2 A03 Inspiring Expressions
Prof. Muhammed
Ayub Kallingal
Publisher & Year
Black Swan, 2014
ENG2 A04 Readings on Society
COURSE CODE
ENG2 A04
TITLE OF THE COURSE
READINGS ON SOCIETY
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE TO BE
TAUGHT
2
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90(5hrs/wk)
1. Objectives of the Course
a. To introduce learners to various issues in the contemporary society
b. To create an awareness of preservation of the environment and nature
c. To inculcate the spirit of social life, values, duties and rights
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Module 1:
Module 2:
Module 3:
Module 4:
Evaluation
Social Issues 20 hours
Environment 20 hours
Gender 20 hours
Human Rights 18 hours
12 hours
Total
90 hours
COURSE CODE ENG2 A04
A. Core Text
Module 1. Social Issues
1. The Social Cause of Economic Globalization : Vandana Siva
2. Unity Amidst Diversity: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Module 2. Environment
1. Man and Nature in India: Dr. Salim Ali
2. Climatic Change in Human Strategy: E.K.Federov
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Module 3. Gender
1. Widow: G. Venkat Chalam
2. More than 100 million Women Missing : Amartya Sen
Module 4. Human Rights
1. Stigma, Shame and Silence: Kalpana Jain
2. I am Happy, Don’t you believe :Santhosh John Thooval
Code
ENG2 A04
Title
Readings on Society
Author
Dr. K.P. Nanda Kumar
Publisher
&Year
Cosmo, 2014
ENG3 A05 NATIVE MEDIA IN ENGLISH
COURSE CODE
ENG3 A05
TITLE OF THE COURSE
NATIVE MEDIA IN ENGLISH
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE TO BE
TAUGHT
3
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90(5hrs/wk)
1.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
To inculcate native feelings among the learners
To provide contemporary cultural and social awareness of Kerala through English
2.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Module 1:
Module 2:
Module 3:
Evaluation
Extracts from Native Print Media 30 hours
Extracts from Visual Media
30 hours
Extracts from Internet
18 hours
12 hours
Total
90 hours
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COURSE CODE ENG3 A05
Core Text
Module 1 Extracts from Print media
1. Achadi, drishyam, samoohya madhyamangalude samakaliga samanvayam. A speech
by Sasi Kumar, Director College of journalism. Appeared in Malayalam weekly 17
January 2014
2. “Young Indians have become more superstitious”. By Shalini Singh.
An interview/Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Astrophysicist (The Week 1 February 2014)
3. Interview- Bill Gates. “India did not get anything wrong’’ from Outlook. 10
June 2013
Module 2 Extracts from Visual Media
1. “Television reality shows. Satyamevajayate” Episode s 2. Break the Silence 4.
Every Life is Precious, 10. Dignity for All.
2. “Analyzing Television Commercials”
3. Doc film: “Only An Axe Away” (Malayalam/40min/20 04/DV) by P.Baburaj
and C. Saratchandran
Module 3 Extracts from Internet
1. “The Internet and Youth Culture”. Gustavo S. Mesch. http://www.iascculture.org/THR/archives/YouthCulture/Mesch.pdf
2. “Writing online: websites, blogs and social network ing” ( model business
letters, emails… Shirley Taylor)
3. “How Google has changed our Language”. ( Integrated advertising, promotion
and Marketing communications. By Kenneth E. Clow et al 266-67)
4. Short films on internet
A. Facebook Short film – Status Updated by Abhinav Sunder Nayak
B .Applied? By Nitin Menon
Code Title
ENG3
A05 Native Media in English
Author
Publisher & Year
Prof. Mahamood Pampally & Pearson,2014
K.Rizwana Sultana
ENG4 A06: Reading Fiction and Non Fiction
COURSE CODE
ENG4 A06
TITLE OF THE COURSE
Reading Fiction and Non Fiction
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE TO BE
TAUGHT
4
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90(5hrs/wk)
1.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
1. To develop reading fictional and nonfictional works from a national perspective.
2. To improve language skills through literature
3. To promote writing narratives.
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Modules 1: An Indian English Popular Fiction
Module 2: A section from an Autobiography of an Indian
Module 3: A travelogue by a Malayali writer in translation
Evaluation:
Total
30 hours
30 hours
18 hours
12 hours
90 Hours
COURSE CODE ENG4 A06
A. Core Text
1. Nampally Road: Meena Alexander
2. Sunny Days, Chapters 1,9,23 : Sunil Gavaskar
3. In the Land of Africans: S.K.Pottekkat
Code
Title
Author
ENG4 A06 Reading Fiction and Non Fiction Dr. Josh Sreedharan
Publisher & Year
Cambridge UP, 2014
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SYLLABUS FOR AFSAL UL ULAMA (PRELIMINARY) ENGLISH
(From 2014-15 admission onwards)
Title of the Programme: Afsaul Ulama - Preliminary
Total Marks
Internal Assessment
External Assessment
: 75
: 15
: 60
Internal Assessment
Attendance
: 25%
Assignment/Seminar/Viva : 25%
Test Paper
: 50%
Duration of the Examination : 03 Hours
Title of the Paper 1: Prose, Grammar and Composition
OBJECTIVES
The course aims to develop English language and communication skills of first
year learners of Afsal Ul Ulama . The course is divided into three modules: the first module
consists of a number of prose lessons, the second module discusses functional aspects of
grammar with tasks for practice and third module on composition deals with how language
needs to be used appropriately in an accepted form to communicate in writing. The first
module on prose aims at acquainting the learner with the power of the word and the
experience of reading. The second module is to familiarise the learners with the rules of
grammar and usage that underpin the patterns of language use. As the learner proceeds by
practicing structures as directed he/she will be able to produce language fluently, easily and
accurately. The third module is designed to take the learners through a series of tasks in
composition, enabling him/her to negotiate writing tasks of everyday life.
Module I :
Prose
1. A Glory has Departed
2. Two Gentlemen of Verona
3. The Face of Judas Iscariot
4. My Eccentric Guests
5. A Picture of Years
Module II : Grammar
1.Tenses:
The Simple Present
The Simple Past
The Progressive
The Perfective
The future
-
Jawaharlal Nehru
A.J Cronin
Bonnie Chamberlin
Ruskin Bond
R.K . Narayan
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2. The Auxiliaries.
3. Nouns and Determiners
4. Pronouns
5. Articles
6. Descriptors - Adjectives - Adverbs
7. Reported Speech.
8. Passives.
9. Prepositions.
Module III : Composition
1. Punctuation.
2. Letters and Forms.
3. E-mail.
Code
Title
Paper 1
Living English
Author
Publisher & Year
Prof. Ashraf. C
Cambridge UP, 2014
Afsal Ul Ulama Preliminary Second Year Part II English, Paper II
Title of the paper 2: Poetry, Drama and Short Fiction
OBJECTIVES
The course aims to develop English language skills of the second year learners of the
Afsal Ul Ulama Preliminary programme. It is designed to equip the learners to learn language
skilfully through savouring literature. The learners will be initiated to different genres of
writing viz. poetry, drama and short fiction. The language- through- literature approach will
endow the learners with necessary knowledge, critical thinking and skill sets that are
considered pre-requisites for employment in the present day world. The course is divided into
three modules:
Module I : Poetry
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
True Love
Lucy Gray
Ozymandias
Mending Wall
Middle Ages
: William Shakespeare
: William Words Worth
: P. B. Shelly
: Robert Frost
: Kamala Das
Module II : Drama
1. Refund
2. The Never Never Nest
Module III : Short Fiction
1. Old Man at The Bridge
2. The Last Leaf
3. The Open Window
4. An Astrologer’s Day
: Fritz karinthy
: Cedric Mount
: Earnest Hemingway
: O Henry
: Saki
: R.K. Narayanan
Code
Title
Author
Publisher & Year
Paper 2
Glimpses
Prof. Ashraf. C
Cambridge UP, 2014
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CORE COURSES IN ENGLISH FOR DOUBLE MAIN PROGRAMMES WITH
ENGLISH AS ONE OF THE COMPONENT
Course code
Name of the course
No. of
No. of Semester
contact
Credit
hours/week
DMENG1B01
READING POETRY 6
1
4
DMENG2B01
READING PROSE
6
4
2
DMENG3B01
READING DRAMA
5
4
3
DMENG3B02
READING FICTION
5
4
3
DMENG4B01
5
4
4
5
4
5
5
4
5
---
MODERN ENGLISH
LITERATURE
INDIAN WRITING
IN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND
LINGUISTICS
OPEN COURSE
3
4
5
DMENG5B05(Pr)
PROJECT*
2
0
5
DMENG6B01
LITERARY
CRITICISM AND
THEORY
5
4
6
DMENG6B03E(1/2/
3)
ELECTIVE
3
3
6
DMENG6B06(Pr)
0
2
6
DMENG5B01
DMENG5B02
PROJECT*
th
* The project work begins in the 5 semester and shall be submitted in the end of
th
6 Semester. But the credits (2) will be considered only in Semester 6
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OUTLINE OF ELECTIVES
ELECTIVES
Course
Code
No. of
Contact
Hours/Week
No. of
Credits
Semester in
which El.
is to be
taught
World Classics in
Translation
3
2
6
Regional Literatures in
Translation
3
2
6
Dalit Literature
3
2
6
Title of Course
ENG6B5E1
or
DMENG6B03E
1
ENG6B5E2
or
DMENG6B03E
2
ENG6B5E3
or
DMENG6B03E
3
OUTLINE OF OPEN COURSES
OPEN COURSES OFFERED BY BA ENGLISH PROGRAMME
FOR STUDENTS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES
Course
Code
ENG5D01
Film Studies
3
2
Semester
in which
OC
is to be
taught
5
ENG5D02
Creative Writing in ENGglish
3
2
5
Applied Language Skills
3
2
5
EN5D03
Title of Course
No. of
Contact
Hours/Week
No. of
Credits
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
READING POETRY
COURSE CODE
ENG1B1
TITLE OF THE COURSE
READING POETRY
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
1
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
108 (6 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
• The aim of the course is to enhance the level of critical thinking of the students to
such a degree that the students could critically interact with poems from different
contexts: social, political, economic, historical and national as subjects conscious of
their own socio-historic specificity.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
• To introduce the students to the basic elements of poetry, including the stylistic and
rhetorical devices employed in poetry, and to various genres of poetry.
•
To train students in various perspective readings in poetry like gender, race, caste,
ethnicity, religion, region, environment and nation etc.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I
BASIC ELEMENTS OF POETRY
Prosody: Rhythm, Meter – Rhyme-hard rhyme, soft rhyme, internal rhyme Alliteration - Assonance - Diction – (Demonstration and Drilling)
Forms: Lyric, Ode, Haiku, Tanka, Jintishi, Ghazal, Rubai etc
Genres: Narrative Poetry - Epic Poetry - Dramatic Poetry - Satirical Poetry - Lyric
Poetry – Prose Poetry
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MODULE II
READING ENGLISH POETS
1) FOUR POEMS
a)
b)
c)
d)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
Shakespeare
: Sonnet 116
Elizabeth Barret Browning
: How Do I Love Thee
Mattew Arnold : Longing
Lord Byron
: When We Two Parted
John Donne
Wordsworth
John Keats
Robert Browning
Thomas Gray
D.H.Lawrence
: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
: The Affliction of Margaret
: Grecian Urn
: The Laboratory
: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
: Mosquito
(Note: The first set of ‘Four Poems,’ taken as a single unit, is
meant to serve as a formal initiation into the world of poetry.
Students should be able to read, understand and appreciate them
on their own, without much help from the teacher. A post reading
discussion should be centred on aspects such as genre, poet,
theme, similarity, contrasts, style, language, metre, rhyme etc.
Teaching techniques such as ‘elicitation’ could be mainly resorted
to (by way of asking short questions, giving hints etc.). Written
assignments are to be given. Loud reading sessions of the poems
would be helpful in many ways.)
MODULE III
POETRY AND PERSPECTIVES
1) Alexander Pushkin
2) Edwin Markham
3) Robert Frost
4) Wole Soyinka
5) Pablo Neruda
6) Maya Angelou
7) Hira Bansode
8) Chinua Achebe
9) Bertolt Brecht
: No Tears
: The Man with a Hoe
: Birches
: Telephone Conversation
: Tonight I can Write
: I know Why the Caged Bird Sings
: Bosom Friend
: Refugee Mother and Child
: General, Your Tank
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4. READING LIST
A)
CORE TEXT
(A text containing the above lessons will be made available)
B)
FURTHER READING
(1)William Blake
(2)Suheir Hammad
(3)Mahmoud Darwish
(4)Joseph Brodsky
5)Jeanette Armstrong :
: London
: 4.02 p.m.
: Psalm Three
: Bosnia Tune
Death Mummer
(6)Daya Pawar
(7) Sylvia Plath
(8) R. S. Thomas
(9) Paul Celan
(10) Elizabeth Bishop
(11) Meena Kandasamy
(12) Federico García Lorca
(13) Arthur Rimbaud
5. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
: The City
: Daddy
: Song for Gwydion
: Speak, You Also
: One Art
: Ekalaivan
: The Little Mute Boy
: Vowels
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READING PROSE
COURSE CODE
ENG2B1
TITLE OF THE COURSE
READING PROSE
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
IS TO BE TAUGHT
2
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
108 (6 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
•
The aim of the course is to enhance the level of critical thinking of the students to
such a degree that the students could critically interact with prose writings from
different contexts - social, political, economic, historical and national as subjects
conscious of their own socio-historic specificity.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
•
•
To enable the students to identify the specificities of various modes of prose
writing and to equip them to write prose in as many different modes as possible
To develop the critical thinking ability of the student to respond to various modes
of prose writings in relation to their socio-historic and cultural contexts.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I PROSE FORMS
Fiction/Short Story/Tales - Autobiography/Biography - Newspaper/Journal
Articles - Philosophical/Scientific Essays – Travelogues – Speech - Introduce
various modes of narrative so as to enable the students to distinguish between
them and identify the characteristics specific to each mode. The students must be
encouraged to write prose in as many different modes as possible.
MODULE II PROSE READINGS (CORE)
1. Francis Bacon
2. Intizar Husain
3. Paul Krugman:
: Of Studies
: A Chronicle of the Peacocks (Short story)
(From Individual Society, Pearson Education)
: Grains Gone Wild
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/opinion/07rugma
n.html)
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4. Martin Luther King, Jr.
acceptance.html)
5. Sylvia Nasar
: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
(nobelprize.org/ nobel_prizes/ peace/
laureates/ 1964/ king: A Quiet Life (Princeton, 1970-90)
(From Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind.
London: Faber and Faber, 1998)
6. Omprakash Valmiki
: Joothan :A Dalit’s Life
(From Individual Society, Pearson
Education)
7. E.F.Schumacher
: Technology With A Human Face
(From Insights. K Elango (ed)
8. Daniel Goleman
: Emotional Intelligence
(From Insights. K Elango (ed). Hyderabad,
9.
: Filming India ( An Interview)
Hyderabad, Orient Blackswan, 2009)
Orient Blackswan, 2009)
Mrinal Sen
(From India Revisited by Ramin
Jahanbegloo. Delhi. OUP, 2008)
10. Robert Lynd
: On Good Resolutions
11. Mishirul Hassan
: Religion and Civilization
12. James Baldwin
: My Dungeon Shook
(From English Essayists, OUP)
(From Writing A Nation, Rupa)
( From The Fire Next Time-Michael Joseph)
4. READING LIST
A) CORE TEXT
(A text containing the above lessons will be made available)
B) FURTHER READING
Walter Benjamin: Experience (Essay)
(From Marcus Bullock and Michael W. Jennings. ed, Walter Benjamin: Selected
Writings, Volume 1, 1913-1926, Cambridge: The Belknap Press of HUP, 1996)
Stephen Hawking: Public Attitude towards Science (Scientific Essay) (From Stephen
Hawking: Back Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. Toronto: Bantam Books,
1993) http:/beemp3.com/download.php?file=2740600&song=Public+Attitudes+Towar
d+Science
Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream (Speech)
(http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm)
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong‟o: Weep Not, Child, (Fiction). Chennai:.
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Guy De Muapassant: The Diamond Necklace (Short Story) (From Robert Scholes, Nancy
R. Comley et al (ed). Elements of Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Essay, Film, ed IV.
OUP, 2007. - Pages 297-303)
James Baldwin: Autobiographical Notes (From Robert Scholes, Nancy R. Comley et al (ed).
Elements of Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Essay, Film, ed IV.OUP, 2007. - Pages 98 –
102)
A.P.J.Abdul Kalam: Wings of Fire. Hyderabad: Universities Press (India) Private Ltd. 2004.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York:
Bantam Books, 1993.
Martin Luther King III: Martin Luther King III reflects on his pilgrimage to India.
(Newspaper article) (From „The Hindu‟, Op-Ed Page 11, dated Saturday, March
14, 2009.)
4.
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
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SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
READING DRAMA
COURSE CODE
ENG3B01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
READING DRAMA
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
3
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
72 (4 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
To develop in students a taste for reading drama with a theoretical
basis, and to
enter imaginatively into other worlds, to consider issues and to
explore
relationships from the points of view of different people
2.OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
•
•
•
•
•
•
To develop a critical understanding of drama and various kinds of theatre and a range of
dramatic skills and techniques.
To familiarize students with the cultural diversity of the world
To provide students with a meaningful context for acquiring new language and developing
better communication skills
To foster a strong sense of involvement which motivates and encourages students to learn
through active participation
To facilitate exploration of attitudes, values and behaviour and creation of roles and
relationships so that the student gains an understanding of themselves and others through
dramatic, imaginative experience
To develop confidence and self-esteem in their relationships with others and sensitivity
towards others
3.COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I - DRAMA & THEATRE
•
Drama as a performing art - Drama as a tool for social criticism – Theatre – Introduction
to theatres such as Absurd, Epic, Street, Cruelty, Anger, Feminist, Ritualistic, and Poor.
• Genres: Tragedy, Comedy, Tragi-Comedy, Farce and Melodrama, Masque, One-ActPlay, Dramatic Monologue
• Setting – Plot – Character - Structure – Style - Theme – Audience – Dialogue
CORE READING TEXTS
B. Prasad. A Background to the Study of English Literature,
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Rev. Ed. Delhi: Macmillan, 2008. (Pages 106 – 182)
Robert Scholes et al (ed). Elements of Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama,
Essay,
Film, ed IV. OUP, 2007. (Pages 773 – 800)
MODULE II - READING DRAMA
William Shakespeare :Macbeth (1623)
: Doll’s House (1881)Act III
Ibsen
(A general awareness of the entire play is expected)
J.M. Synge
: Riders to the Sea (1904)
4. READING LIST:FURTHER READING
Sl.
Title
No
1
Elements of Drama
2
3
4
5
Author
J. L.Styan
Publisher/Year
Cambridge University Press,
1967
A Hand Book of Wilfred L. Guerin et al New Delhi: OUP, 2007
Critical approaches to Literature
The Semiotics of
Keir Elam
London: Routledge, 2009
Theatre and Drama
Literature, Criticism, Steven Craft and Helen Oxford: OUP, 2000
and Style: A Practical D. Cross
Guide to Advanced
Level English
Literature
Literature and
Language Teaching:
Gillian Lazar
Cambridge University Press,
A Guide for Teachers
2008
& Trainers
6. CYBER RESOURCES
http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/dial/AP2000/drama.htm
http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/eltd-03.htm
www.criticalreading.com/drama.htm - www.angelfire.com/ego/edp303/
www.associatedcontent.com/article/110042/anton_chekhovs_play_the_bear_ a_tragedy.html
http://www.theatrehistory.com/irish/synge002.html
http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/john_millington_synge_002.ht ml
http://www.answers.com/topic/all-god-s-chillun-got-wings
http://www.eoneill.com/library/newsletter/iv_1-2/iv-1-2b.htm
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SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
READING FICTION
COURSE CODE
ENG3B02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
READING FICTION
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
3
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
AIM OF THE COURSE
To inspire a love of fiction in students, to open up their minds, to stimulate
the sympathetic/empathic imagination by allowing them to see the world through other‟s eyes
as well to foster intercultural dialogue
•
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To develop a critical understanding of fiction
To familiarize students with the cultural diversity of the world and to extend
various perspective readings
•
To provide students with a meaningful context for acquiring and memorizing
new language and developing oral skills
•
To cultivate a sense of involvement which motivates and encourages
students to learn through active participation
•
•
COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I - FICTION & NARRATIVE STRATEGIES
a)
Plot – Character – Atmosphere – Technique – Style - Points of view
b)
c)
d)
Fiction as the base for other literary and media writing
Difference between long and short fiction - definitions
Types of Fiction
CORE READING
B. Prasad.
rev. ed. 3.
A Background to the Study of English Literature,
Delhi: Macmillan, 2008. (Pages 193 – 229)
Robert Scholes et al (ed). Elements of Literature: Fiction, Poetry, Drama,
Essay, Film,
ed IV. OUP, 2007. (Pages 121 – 140)
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MODULE II - READING LONG FICTION
.
Ernest Hemingway Man and the Sea (1951)
MODULE III - READING SHORT FICTION
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
„The Phoenix‟
„Of white Hairs and Cricket‟
„Schools and Schools‟
„The Diamond Necklace‟
„Miss Brill‟
„Misery‟
4.
READING LIST:-
A)
Sl.
No
FURTHER READING
Title
1
: Sylvia Townsend Warner
: Rohinton Mistry
: O. Henry
: Guy de Maupassant
: Katherine Mansfield
: Anton Chekhov
Author
Publisher/Year
Steven Craft and Helen
D. Cross
Oxford: OUP, 2000
2
Literature, Criticism,
and Style: A Practical
Guide to Advanced
Level English
Literature
The Rise of the Novel
Ian Watt
3
Rhetoric of Fiction
Wayne C. Boot
4
Craft of Fiction.
Percy Lubbock
University of California
Press, 2001
Chicago: The University of
Chicago Press, 1983
Penguin, 2007
5
Literature and
Language Teaching:
A Guide for Teachers
& Trainers
A Hand Book of
Critical approaches to
Literature
6
Gillian Lazar
Cambridge University Press,
2008
Wilfred L. Guerin et al
New Delhi: OUP, 2007
5. CYBER RESOURCES
www.Questia.com www. Bookrags.com www. Novelguide.com
www.gradesaver.com/the-old-man-and-the-sea
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/ http://www.studygs.net/fiction.htm
6. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
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BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
COURSE CODE
ENG4B01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
SEMESTER
IN WHICH THE
COURSE
4
IS TO BE TAUGHT
•
•
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
1.
AIM OF THE COURSE
To introduce the student to the general characteristics of the literature and culture of the
period and to promote in him/her an interest in and knowledge of the literary productions of the age
2.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To understand the political, religious, social and cultural trends of the Modernist
and the Postmodernist periods.
•
To understand how the literature of the period relates to the important trends of the period.
•
To develop an ability to read, understand and respond to a wide variety of texts of the
period.
•
To appreciate the ways in which authors achieve their effects and to develop skills
necessary for literary study.
•
To develop the ability to construct and convey meaning in speech and writing matching
style to audience and purpose.
3.
COURSE OUTLINE
LITERARY MOVEMENTS: Modernism, Imagism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, The Avant-garde,
Stream of Consciousness, Movement poetry, Epic Theatre, Theatre of the Absurd, Existentialism, Angry
Theatre, Postmodernism.
MODULE 1: POETRY
Yeats
Eliot
Auden
Larkin
: Easter 1916
: Journey of the Magi
: The Unknown Citizen
: Next Please
Ted Hughes
: The Thought Fox
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Seamus Heaney
: Constable Calls
MODULE 2: PROSE & FICTION
James Joyce
D. H. Lawrence
Virginia Woolf
Fowler
: Araby (Short Story)
: Rocking Horse Winner (Short Story)
: How Should One Read a Book (Essay)
: The French Lieutenant‟s Woman (Novel)
MODULE 3: DRAMA
Osborne
Pinter
: Look Back in Anger (Play)
: The Dumb Waiter (OAP)
MODULE 4 DRAMA FOR SCREENING
: Pygmalion
(After a brief introduction, the play is to be screened and discussed. The play and/or „My
Fair Lady‟ are recommended.)
Shaw
4. READING LIST
General Reading:
Sl
No Title
1 A Glossary of Literary Terms
2 Modernism
3 A Brief History of English
Literature.
4 Beginning Postmodernism
Further Reading:
Sl
No Title
1 Modernism: A Guide to
European Literature 18901930.
2 The Modern British Novel
3 Eight Contemporary Poets
4 All That is Solid Melts into Air
5 A Preface to James Joyce.
6 Theory of the Avant-Garde.
Trans. Michael Shaw. Theory
and History of Literature, vol.
4
7 Five Faces of Modernity:
Modernism, Avant-Garde,
Decadence, Kitsch,
Postmodernism
8 The Theatre of the Absurd
Author
Publisher/Year
Abrahms, M. H.
Peter Childs
Bangalore: Prism
London: Routledge,
2008
John Peck and Martin Coyle. Basingstoke:
Palgrave, 2002.
Tim Woods
Manchester: MUP,
Author
. Bardbury,
Malcom and James
McFarlane
Malcom Bardbury
Colin Bedient
Marshall Berman
Sydney Bolt
Peter Bürger
Publisher/Year
Hassocks: Harvester, 1978.
Matei Calinescu
Durham: Duke UP, 1987
Martin Esslin
Harmondsworth: Penguin
Penguin
London: Verso
Delhi: Pearson
Minneapolis: U of Minnesota
P, 1984
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9
British Drama Since 1955
Hayman, R
10
The Auden Generation:
Literature and Politics in
England in the 1930s
Hynes, S
11
Nine Contemporary Poets
King, P. R
12
The Novel at the Cross Roads
David Lodge
13
Postmodernity
David Lyon
14
A Preface to Yeats
Edward Malins and Delhi: Pearson
John Purkis
15
Culture in Britain Since 1945
Marwick, A
16
The Movement: English Poetry Blake Morrison
and Fiction of the 1950s
17
A Preface to Auden
Allan Rodway
Harlow: Longman
18
A Preface to Lawrence
Gamini Salgado
Delhi: Pearson
19
Modernist Fiction: An
Introduction
Stevenson, R
20
A Preface to Eliot
Ronald Tamplin
5. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
Buckingham: Open UP
Delhi: Pearson
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SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
METHODOLOGY OF HUMANITIES
COURSE CODE
ENG4B02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
METHODOLOGY OF HUMANITIES
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
4
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
72 (4 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
• The course is intended to introduce the student to the methodological
issues that are specific to the disciplines referred to as the humanities
and to inspire in the student a critical perspective with which to
approach the disciplines under the humanities.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the student should be (able):
• To know the distinction between the methodologies of natural, social
and human sciences
• To understand the questions concerning the relation between language
and subjectivity as well as those pertaining to structure and agency in
language
• Aware the theories of textuality and reading both western and Indian
4. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I
Introduction - difference between the natural, social and the human
sciences – facts and interpretation - history and fiction - study of the
natural world compared to the study of the subjective world - study of
tastes, values and belief system - the question of ideology
CORE READING
Terry Eagleton. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell,
1983.
Chapter: „What is Literature?‟
EH Carr. What is History? Ed 2. London, Macmillan. 1986. 1- 24, 5080 (Chapter 1: The Historian and His Facts & Chapter 3:
History, Science and Morality)
GENERAL READING
Peter Widdowson. Literature. London, Routledge. 1999
32
MODULE II
Language, Culture and Identity – the relation between language, culture and
subjectivity – the question of agency in language – the social construction of
reality – language in history - language in relation to class, caste, race and gender –
language and colonialism
CORE READING
Peter L Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality: A
Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966. 13-30.
Introduction
J.G. Merquior, From Prague to Paris. London: Verso, 1986. 10-17, Chapter 1,
Sections „The Linguistic Paradigm‟ and „From Language to Culture.‟
GENERAL READING
Rosalind Coward and John Ellis, Language and
Materialism. London:
Routledge, 1977.
MODULE III
Narration and representation - reality and/as representation – narrative modes of
thinking – narration in literature, philosophy and history - textuality and reading
CORE READING
Shlomith Rimmon Kenan, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics. London:
Metheun, 1981. Chapter 1
Javed Akhtar, “The Syntax of Secularism in Hindi Cinema,” in Composite Culture
in a Multi-cultural Society, ed. Bipan Chandra and Sucheta Mahajan. New Delhi:
NBT and Pierson, 2007. 265-72.
GENERAL READING
Linda M Shires and Steven Cohen, Telling
Stories. London: Methuen, 85
MODULE IV
Indian theories of knowledge – Methodologies of Indian knowledge systems –
what is knowledge – concepts of knowledge in the Indian tradition - origin and
development of Indian philosophical systems
CORE READING
M. Hiriyanna. Outlines of Indian Philosophy. London. 1956. Chapters 1 & 2.
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. Indian Philosophy: A popular Introduction. New
Delhi,
Peoples Publishing House, 1982. Chapters 4, 8 &24.
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GENERAL READING
S.Radhakrishnan. Indian Philosophy. 2 vols. London, 1943.
Note on Course work
The teaching of the course will involve making the student enter into a sort of
dialogue with some of the issues raised in the reading material given below.
While the student should be encouraged to read the recommended section of the
text or the whole text outside the class hours, representative excerpts from
individual texts may be used for intensive reading in the class.
4. COURSE TEXT
Sl.No
1
Title
Authors
Methodolog
y
and Perspectives Abhijit Kundu &
of Humanities
Pramod Nayar
5. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
Publisher & Year
Pearson Longman,
2009
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SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
COURSE CODE
ENG5B01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
5
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
*To inspire students to approach and appreciate Indian literature in English, toexplore its
uniqueness and its place among the literatures in English.
*To motivate students for a critical and comparative study of other literatures in English and to
examine the similarities and differences in attitudes, vision and idiom of expression.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
*To provide an overview of the various phases of the evolution of Indian writing in English.
*To introduce students to the thematic concerns, genres and trends of Indian writing in English.
*To generate discussions on the constraints and challenges encountered in articulating Indian
sensibility in English.
*To expose students to the pluralistic aspects of Indian culture and identity.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE 1 - INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Course: an overview of the history of Indian Writing in English,
Introducing the different phases in its evolution – British Raj and the emergence of Indian writing in
English, the National movement and its impacts , independence and post-independence periods and thenew
voices and trends.
(This part of the course aims at giving a broad overview of the area. Questions for EndSemester Assessment are to be limited within the purview of the prescribed authors and the
texts)
MODULE II - POETRY
1. Sarojini Naidu
The Quest
2. Tagore
Breezy April
3. Kamala Das
In Love
4. Nissim Ezekiel
Good bye Party to Miss Pushpa T.S.
5. A. K. Ramanujan
Looking for a Cousin on a Swing
6. Agha Shahid Ali
Postcard from Kashmir
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CORE READING
Gokak, Vinayak Krishna (ed). The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry. Sahitya Akademy,
1970. 105. 155.271.
Parthasarathy R. (ed). Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets. Delhi. OUP, 1976. 37, 97
Mehrotra, Arvind Kriahna (ed). Twelve Modern Indian Poets. Delhi. OUP,1992. 141
MODULE III - FICTION
1.
Shashi Desh Pande
Roots and Shadows
(Chennai: Orient Longman, 1983)
MODULE IV PROSE AND SHORT FICTION
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. R.K Narayan
Tryst with Destiny
Mars in the Seventh House
(Chapter 1X of My Days)
The Weed
3. Amrita Pritam
CORE READING
Rushdie. Salman (ed) Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997. Vintage. 1997 (Tryst with Destiny)
Narayan R.K .My Days. Madras: Indian Thought Publication. 2006. 115-132. Mythili S, V. Kadambari
(ed). Lights and Shadows. Chennai: Blackie Books.2000. 64-70.
MODULE - V - DRAMA
1. Girish Karnad
Naga-Mandala (OUP.1990)
4. READING LIST
CORE READING
GENERAL READING:
l
No
1
Title
Author
Publisher/Year
Indian Writing in English
Delhi, Sterling, 1984
2
A History of Indian English
Literature
A Concise History of Indian
Literature in English
K.R.Sreenivasa
Iyengar
M.K.Naik
3
A.K.Mehrotra
Delhi,
Sahitya
Academi, 1982
Delhi,
Permanent
Black, 2008
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FURTHER READING
Sl Title
No
1
Perspectives on Indian Poetry
In English
2
Indian English Fiction1980-1990
An Assessment
3
Perspectives on Indian Drama in
English
4
Reworlding: The Literature of
Indian Diaspora
5
6
7
8
9
Author
Delhi,
Abhinav
Publication, 1984
Bhariya N.V.
& Delhi,
Permanent
V.Sarang (ed)
Black, 1994
M.K.Naik
& Delhi,
Permanent
S.M.Punekar (ed)
Black, 1977
E.S.Nelson
New
York,
Permanent
Black,
1992
Indo-Anglian Literature 1800-1970: H.M.Williams
Bombay,
Orient
A Survey
Longman, 1976
Indo-English Poetry
H.L.Amga
Jaipur,
Surabhi
Publication, 2000
Patterns of Feminist Consciousness Anuadha Roy
Delhi,
Prestige
in Indian Women Writers: Some
Books, 1999
Feminist Issues
Endless Female Hungers: A Study of V.Nabar
Delhi,
Permanent
Kamala Das
Black, 1993
Modern Indian Poetry in English
R.D.King
Delhi,
Permanent
Black
5. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
M.K.Naik
Publisher/Year
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LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
COURSE CODE
ENG5B02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
5
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
The course studies what is language and what knowledge a language consist of.
This is provided by basic examination of internal organization of sentences, words,
and sound systems. The course assumes no prior training in linguistics. Students of
Linguistics begin their studies by learning how to analyze languages, their sounds
(phonetics and phonology), their ways of forming words (morphology), their
sentence structures (syntax), and their systems of expressing meaning (semantics).
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
• To lead to a greater understanding of the human mind, of human
communicative action and relations through an objective study of language
• To familiarize students with key concepts of Linguistics and develop
awareness of latest trends in Language Study
• To help students towards a better pronunciation and to improve the general
standard of pronunciation in every day conversation and in reading.
• To help the students develop a sense of English grammar, idioms, syntax
and usage.
• To improve writing and speech skills.
1. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I
LANGUAGE
a) What is Language? – Speech and Writing – Language and Society
b)Variations in language – Language Behaviour – Dialect – Idiolect – Register –
Bilingualism
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MODULE II – LINGUISTICS
a) What is Linguistics? – Is Linguistics a Science?
b) Branches of Linguistics: Phonology – Morphology – Syntax – Semantics –
Semiology
c) Approaches to the Study of Linguistics
Synchronic- Diachronic Prescriptive –
Descriptive Traditional – Modern
d )Key Concepts in Linguistics Langue – Parole
– competence – Performance etc
MODULE III – PHONETICS
a) Speech Mechanism – Organs of Speech b) Overview of English Sound System
c) Classification of Vowels – Diphthongs – Triphthongs and Consonants
Cardinal
Vowels - Phonemes – Allophones and Allophonic
Variations Homonyms and
Homophones - Suprasegmentals : Stress and Rhythm
– Intonation – Juncture
d) Elision and Assimilation - Syllable
e) Transcription and Practice
f) Application (to be done preferably in the Language Lab)
The need for Uniformity and Intelligibility – Distinctions between
Regional and RP
Sounds – articulation and Auditory Exercises
MODULE IV – STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH
a) Introduction to Grammar
b) Grammar of words
Morphemes and allomorphs – Lexical/Content Words – Form Words –
functional/Structural Words – Formal, Informal and Academic words –
Idioms
c) Word Class/Parts of Speech – Word formation – Derivation – Inflexion
d) Grammar of Sentence
Word Order – Phrase – Clause – Sentence Patterns e)
Kinds of
sentences
Declarative – Interrogative – Imperative – Exclamatory – Simple
– complex – Compound - Transformation of Sentences
(Practical Exercises to be given in the prescribed areas)
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4. READING LIST
Sl
Title
No
1
Language and Linguistic: An
Introduction
2
An Introduction to the
Pronunciation of English
3
English Grammar
4
5
6
7
Key Concepts in Language
and Linguistics
Elements of General
Linguistics
Practical English Usage
Linguistics and English
Grammar
Author
John Lyon
A.C Gimson
Publisher/Year
Cambridge University Press,
1999
London, 1980
Raymond Murphy Cambridge University Press,
2005
R.L.Trask
Routledge, 2004
Andre Martinet
Midway Reprint Series
Michael Swan
Oxford University Press, 2005
H.A.Gleason
Holt, Rinehart &. Winston,
Inc., 1965.
B. GENERAL READING
Sl
Title
Author
Publisher/Year
No
1
New Horizon in Language
John Lyons (Ed.) Pelican Books, 1970
2
English Pronunciation in Use Mark Hencock
Cambridge University Press,
2003
3
A Practical English Grammar Thomson and
Oxford University Press
Martinet
4
An Introduction to Language Christopher.J. Hall Viva Continuum Edition,
and Linguistics
2008
5
Introducing Phonology
David Odden
Cambridge University Press,
2005
6
Linguistics: A Very Short
P. H. Matthews
Oxford University Press
Introduction
A. CORE READING
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5. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
Sample Topics for Assignments
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Language and society
Branches of Linguistics
Bilingualism
The Need for the Study of Grammar
RP and Standard English
Approaches to the Study of Grammar
Linguistics as a Science
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 2009 - 2010
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
METHODOLOGY OF LITERATURE
COURSE CODE
ENG5B03
TITLE OF THE COURSE
METHODOLOGY OF LITERATURE
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
5
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
• To familiarize the student with the critical tools used in the reading of
literature
• To instill a broader and holistic sensibility in the student with the aim of
eventually equipping him to approach, analyze and assess literary
discourses through a host of complementary as well as conflictingly
different theoretical frameworks.
• To form an idea of the complex nature of literary studies and how they
are entangled with other aspects of the social body.
• To unveil the constitutive elements and cultural specificity of literature
along with the intricate process of cannon formation.
• To help the student gain perceptive insights into the socio-political
dynamics, the structuring points of view, the dominant ideology,
hegemony, the prevailing common sense and communal underpinnings
that mediate the writing, production, reception and survival of a work.
• To familiarize the student with other media, popular literature and
emerging trends
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
• To introduce and discuss the evolution of literature
• To sensitize the student to his own readings, to develop a critical
sensibility, to inculcate a love of literature, and to instill a serious
approach to literature.
• To enable the student to read literature using critical and theoretical
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schools viz. textual approaches - New Critical, psychoanalytic, gender
based, ethnic , subaltern , post-colonial, cultural, archetypal, postmodern,
ecological perspectives.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I
Traits of Literature: What forms literature? How is literature different
from other discourses? - Canon Formation: Who determines taste? How
are certain works and authors marginalized? – English literatures:
British, American, African, Indian, Canadian, Australian etc.
MODULE II
Textual approaches: New criticism,Formalism, Close Reading,
Deconstruction, Reader response – Psychoanalytic: Freud, Lacan and
Zizek
(not the heavy jargon but reading possibilities) – Archetypal:
Unconscious and universal patterns of repetition
MODULE III
Gender: Marginalized genders – Ethnic: Marginalization of
aboriginals, how their culture is demolished and specimens? –
Subaltern: A unique Indian phenomenon, Dalit literature,
marginalization
MODULE IV
Post colonial: How texts are reread? Quest for expression,
assertion of nationalism with special reference to India and
Arica – Cultural studies: Cultural Materialism, New
Historicism, Marxism, Postmodernism – Eco-critical:
Awareness of nature and environment, eco-feminism
Approach
The approach has to be open and flexible in sensibility, avoiding
judicious judgments. Instead of offering rigid definitions and
descriptions, the teacher is to stimulate thinking process and help
students form positions through familiar examples. A few poems (or
stories) are to be selected and read from different theoretical frames so
that the student can grasp how one contrasts with the other.
Classes may be devoted to simple explication of the methodologies
followed by practical illustrations of the application of the
methodologies on short works and finally, student assignments on these
lines.
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4. READING LIST
A)
CORE TEXT
(A text containing the above lessons will be made available)
B) FURTHER READING
Sl
No
1
Title
2
A Handbook
of
Critical Wilfred L. Guerin, Earle Delhi, OUP, 2006
Approaches to Literature
Labor, et al
Contemporary Criticism: An V.S.Sethuraman (ed)
Chennai, Macmillan,
Anthology
1989
3
Principles
Criticism
5. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
Author
of
Literary S.Ravindranathan
Publisher/Year
Chennai, Emerald,
1993
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
INFORMATICS
COURSE CODE
ENG5B04
TITLE OF THE COURSE
INFORMATICS
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
IS TO BE TAUGHT
5
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90(5 hrs/wk)
1. AIMS OF THE COURSE
• This course introduces students to all the different aspects of Information
Technology and Computers that an educated citizen of the modern world
may be expected to know of and use in daily life. The topics in the syllabus
are to be presented as much as possible with a practical orientation so that
the student is given a perspective that will help him to use and master
technology.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
Upon completion of the course:
• The student will have a thorough general awareness of Computer hardware
and software from a practical perspective.
• The student will have good practical skill in performing common basic
tasks with the computer.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Outline history of the development of computers - Types of computers- PC/
Workstations – Laptops – Palmtops - Mobile Devices – Notebooks Mainframes – Supercomputers - Significance of IT and the Internet
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MODULE II: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC HARDWARE
Monitor - CRT and LCD – issues - CPU-mouse-keyboard-processor types Ports - USB 2.0 - Input-output devices - Printers-scanners-graphic tabletthumb drive- modems-digital cameras-microphones-speakers. Bluetooth
devices
MODULE III: INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE
Topics: Operating Systems - Windows- Windows versions- Linux – Linux
distributions- Free software- software licenses - Software Tools
(applications) - Windows software tools- Word, PowerPoint, Excel - Linux
tools - Open Office, etc. Security issues- viruses - antivirus tools.
MODULE IV: INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING AND THE INTERNET
What is Networking - LAN- WAN- Wireless networks - Benefits of
Networking- file sharing- sharing of printers- examples - networking in an
office- in an internet café. The Internet- HTML- websites – blogs - search
engines- e-mail- chat- wikis- social networking- Security issues- HackingPhishing etc.
MODULE V: KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
Encyclopedias – libraries - book sites – journals - content repositories online education - other information sites - internet directories - other
information sources - websites of universities and research institutions Online courses and Virtual Universities
MODULE VI: COMPUTER LOCALIZATION
What is localization - using computers in the local languages in India language packs for operating systems and programs - fonts –Unicode ASCII - keyboard layout issues - software tools for typing local languages
- TDIL project.
4. CORE TEXT
(A text containing the above lessons will be made available)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY
COURSE CODE
ENG6B01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
6
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
To familiarise the students with the literary terms and introduce to them the various streams in
literary criticism, to make them aware of the inter-disciplinary nature of contemporary
criticism and to develop in students, skills for literary criticism.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
• To make the students aware that all readers are critics
• To familiarise them with the factors involved in criticism like interpretation, elucidation,
judgement and appreciation.
• To introduce the students to basic texts in criticism, relating to various movements and
schools of thought
• To develop critical thinking by introducing various tools of criticism-analysis, comparison,
theoretical approaches etc.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I - CLASSICAL AGE
Aristotle: Concepts of tragedy, plot
Plato: Concept of Art, criticism of poetry and drama
(Contemporary relevance of the ideas in the above to be discussed)
CORE READING
Aristotle. “Poetics” classical appendix in English Critical Texts , OUP, Madras, 1962. Prasad, B.
An Introduction to English Criticism. Macmillan, India, 1965. pp 1-28.
MODULE II – INDIAN AESTHETICS
Theory of Rasa, Vyanjana and Alankara.
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(The relationship between Module I & II to be discussed. For eg. The concept of Rasa
and purgation, Alankara and figures of speech etc.
CORE READING
∗ Das Guptha,S.N. “The Theory of Rasa”, (pp 191 -196) in Indian Aesthetics : An Introduction ed..
V.S.Sethuraman, Macmillan, India, 1992.
∗
∗
Kuppuswami Sastri. “The Highways of Literary Criticism in Sanskrit” (pp 173 - 190), in Indian
Aesthetics : An Introduction ed.. V.S. Sethuraman, Macmillan, India, 1992.
Raghavan, V. “Use and Abuse of Alankara”(pp 235 - 244) in Indian Aesthetics
An Introduction. India , Macmillan, 1992.
MODULE III – MODERN CRITICISM
This section is meant to make the students familiar with modern critical writing.
CORE TEXTS
∗ William Wordsworth: Preface to Lyrical Ballads- Paragraphs 5-12
∗ Ferdinand de Sassure: Nature of the Linguistic Sign.
∗
T.S. Eliot – Tradition and the Individual Talent
Elaine Showalter- Towards a Feminist Poetics
∗
CORE BOOKS
∗ Wordsworth, William “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” in Enright, D J et al . English
Critical Texts OUP, Madras, 1962 paragraphs 5 to 12. P. 164-172.
∗ Eliot, T S. “Tradition and Individual Talent” in English Critical Texts Madras, 1962
pp 293 - 301.
∗ Sassure, Ferdinand De. “Nature of the Linguistic Sign” in Modern Literary Theory
and Criticism.
∗ Showalter, Elaine. “Towards a Feminist Poetics” in Contemporary Criticism
ed. Sethuraman V. S. India Macmillan, 1989, pp 403- 407
MODULE IV - CRITICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS
This is a section meant to familiarize students with the various tools, movements and
concepts in criticism. This may include the following:Figures of Speech: Simile, metaphor, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, irony, paradox.
Movements: Classicism, neo-classicism, romanticism, humanism, realism, magic realism
naturalism, symbolism, Russian formalism, Marxist criticism, absurd literature, modernism,
structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, post-modernism, post-colonialism, feminism,
psycho- analytic criticism
Concepts: Objective correlative, Ambiguity, intentional fallacy, affective fallacy, negative
capability, myth, archetype.
Literary Forms: Lyric, Ode, Elegy, epic, sonnet, ballad, dramatic monologue, melodrama,
tragic- comedy, farce, and satire
CORE READING
Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. VII edn. Thomson Heinle , India, 1999.
Peck, John and Martin Coyle. Literary Terms and Criticism. Macmillan, London,1993.
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MODULE V
In this Module, critical analysis of short poems and short stories are to be done by students. The students
may be asked to analyse pieces in terms of theme, diction, tone, figures of speech, imagery etc.
Theoretical approaches may be avoided.
CORE READING:
Sethuraman, V.S. et al. Practical Criticism . Macmillan, India,1990.
General Reading
Sl
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
Title
Author
Indian Aesthetics. An
Sethuraman,
Introduction.
V.S
Oxford Dictionary of Literary
Terms
A Glossary of Literary Abrams, M.H
Terms
Literary Terms and
Peck, John et
Criticism
al.
An Introduction to
Prasad, B
English Criticism
Beginning Theory,
Barry, Peter.
Publisher/Year
India: Macmillan ,1992.
India: Macmillan,Rev. Edition.
Macmillan: India, 1993.
India: Macmillan, 1965.
Manchester and New York:
Manchester University Press. 1995
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Furthr Reading
Sl
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Title
Author
Publisher/Year
Structuralism and
Semiotics
The Poetry Hand Book
Hawks, Terrence
New Accents, 2003
Lennard, John
A History of Literary
Criticism
Contemporary Literary
Theory: A Student‟s
Companion
Literary Criticism: A
Reading
The English Critical
Tradition
Blamires, Harry
Oxford University Press,
2008
Delhi:Macmillan,1991
An Introduction to the
Study of literature
Literature Criticism and
Style
Literary Theory: The
Basics
Literary Theory for the
Perplexed
Hudson, W.H.
Krishna Swamy, N
et al
Delhi: Macmillan, 2001
Das,B.B. et al
New Delhi, Oxford
University press, 1985
Delhi: Macmillan, 1977
Ramaswamy, S,
Sethuraman, V.S.
Croft, Steven et al.
Bertens, Hans
Oxford University press,
1997
Routledge, 2001
Klages, Mary
India: Viva Books, 2007
5. WEB RESOURCES
www.literarureclassics.com/ancientpaths/litcrit.htmml
www.textec.com/criticism.html
www.ipl.org/div/litcrit
www.assumption-edu/users/ady/HHGateway/Gateway/Approaches.html
www.maitespace.com/englishodyssey/Resources/litcrit.html
6. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
LITERATURES IN ENGLISH: AMERICAN & POST COLONIAL
COURSE CODE
ENG6B02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
LITERATURES IN ENGLISH:
AMERICAN & POST COLONIAL
6
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5 hrs/wk)
2. AIM OF THE COURSE
• To inculcate a literary, aesthetic and critical awareness of diverse cultures and literary
creations and thus to arrive at a broader vision of the world.
3.
•
•
•
•
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To initiate the students to varied literatures in English
To expose them to diverse modes of experiences and cultures
To familiarize them with the concepts of Post Colonialism
To enable students to compare and contrast their indigenous literature and culture with other
literatures and cultures.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
A) AMERICAN LITERATURE
MODULE I
General reading:
Poetry
Introduction to American Literature
Walt Whitman
Wallace Stevens
Sylvia Path
Langston Hughes
: I Hear America Singing
: Anecdote of a Jar
: Edge
: Mother to Son
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MODULE II
Drama
Arthur Miller
: Death of a Salesman
Short Story
Edgar Allen Poe
Faulkner
: The Fall of the House of Usher
: Barn Burning
CORE READING
Ramanan, Mohan (Ed) Four Centuries of American Poetry: An Anthology.
Chennai: Macmillan, 1996. 61-63, 123, 125-127, 170-171.
Salumke, Vilas et al. (Ed). An Anthology of Poems in English. Chennai: Longman,
2005 (Rpt). 89-91, 114-115.
FURTHER READING
Bhongle, Rangrao. (Ed) Contemporary American Literature: Poetry, Fiction, Drama and Criticism.
New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2002.
Collins - An Introduction to American Literature
Crawford, Bartholow V et al. American Literature. New York: Barnes and
Noble Books, 1945
Mathiessew, F.O. American Literature up to Nineteenth Century
Spiller - Cycle of American Literature - A New Harvest of American Literature
Warren, Robert Penn.- American Literature
Wright, George T (Ed) Seven American Stylists: From Poe to Mailer: An Introduction.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1961
B) POST COLONIALISM
MODULE III
General Reading: Prose: Aspects of Post Colonial Literature
Poetry
Margaret Atwood
Kamau Braithwaite
Meena Alexander
Gabriel Okara
David Diop
:
:
:
:
:
This is a Photograph of Me
The Emigrants
House of a Thousand Doors
The Mystic Drum
Africa
(blogginginparis.com/2004/08/22/afrique-africa-by-david-diop-1927-1960/ -)
MODULE IV
Drama
Manjula Padmanabhan : Harvest
Fiction
Nasibu Mwanukuzi : Killing Time
(www.kongoi.com/Ras_Nas/shortstories/daysofsummer.php -
Carol Shields
4. MODEL QUESTION PAPER
(To be incorporated)
: A Scarf
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
WOMEN’S WRITING
COURSE CODE
ENG6B03
TITLE OF THE COURSE
WOMEN‟S WRITING
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
6
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 (5hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
•
•
•
•
To introduce students to women‟s voices articulated in literature from various countries
To introduce them to the evolution of the Feminist movement and to familiarize them with the
various issues addressed by Feminism
To sensitize them to issues like marginalization and subjugation of women
To motivate them to rethink and redefine literary canons
2.OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
o To enable students to identify concepts of class, race and gender as social constructs and
interrelated throughout women‟s lives
o To lead them to explore the plurality of female experience in relation of these
o To equip them with analytical, critical and creative skills to interrogate the biases in the
construction of gender and patriarchal norms
3.COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I - ESSAYS
a. Introduction to the Course, its scope, the need to re-examine the canons
1. Virginia Woolf : Shakespeare‟s Sister (From A Room of One‟s Own. London, Hogarth,
1929)
2.Showalter : A Literature of Their Own: British Women Writers from Brontes to
Lessing
(Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1977)
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MODULE II - POETRY
1. Kamala Das
: An Introduction (From: Narasimhaiah, CD. (ed).
An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry.
Macmillan India Ltd, 1990, 47)
2. Noonuccal Oodgeroo
: We Are Going
(From: Noonuccal Oodgeroo. The Down is at
Hand. 1966)
3. Emily Dickinson
: She Rose to His Requirements
(From: The Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Massachusetts: Cambridge. 1955.
4. Adrienne Rich
: Aunt Jennifer ‟s Tiger
(From: Ferguson, Margaret et.al (eds). The
Norton Anthology of English Poetry IV edn.
NewYork : Norton, 1966. p. 1967)
MODULE III – FICTION
1.
Jean Rhys
: Wide Sargasso Sea (Novel)
(Penguin, 1968)
2.
Mrinal Pande
: Girls (Short Story)
(From: Das, Monica. (ed) Her Story So Far :
Tales of the Girl Child in India. Delhi, Penguin
2003.)
3.
Katherine Mansfield
: The Garden Party (Short Story)
(From: Norton Anthology of English Literature,
th
Vol. 2. 7
Edition. NewYork, Norton & Co.
2000. 2423-2432)
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MODULE IV
DRAMA & FILM
1. Mahasweta Devi
: Bayen (Drama)
(From: Mahasweta Devi‟s Five Plays.
Trans. Samik Bandhopadhyay. Calcutta,
Seagull Books, 1997)
2. Revathy
: Mitr: My Friend (Film)
3. Marzich Mishkini
: The Day I Become a Woman (Film)
4. READING LIST
I. General Reading
Sl. No
Title
Author
1
Fiona Tolan‟s
„Feminisms‟, in,
Patricia Waugh (ed)
Literary Theory and
Criticism : An Oxford
Guide
2
Rivkin Julie & Michael
Ryan‟s „Feminist
Rivkin Julie & Michael
Paradigms‟ in Literary Ryan (ed)
Theory: An Anthology
3
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
Publisher/Year
Oxford, OUP, 2000
Oxford: Blackwell, 1998
OUP, 1973
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III Further Reading
Sl. No
Title
1
A Room of One‟s Own
2
The Female Imagination
Author
Virginia Woolf
Patricia Mayor Spacks
3
Jasbir Jain (ed)
7
Women in Patriarchy:
Cross Cultural Readings
Women Writing in India
Vol I & II.
Making A Difference:
Feminist Literary Criticism
The Mad Woman in the
Attic: The Woman Writer
The Second Sex
8
Women, Race and Class
Angela Davis
9
In Search of Our Mother‟s
Gardens
Alice Walker
10
Desire in Language
Leon S. Roudiex (ed)
11
Literature and Gender
Lisbeth Goodman (ed)
12
Feminist Film theorists
Laura Mulvey et al (ed)
13
Her Story So Far. Tales of
the Girl Child in India
A Dragonfly in the Sun:
Anthology of Pakistani
Writing in English
Monics Das (ed)
Yale University Press,
1978
UK, Harmond Worth,
1972
New York, Random
House, 1981
New York, Harcort
Brace Jovanovich,
1983
New York, Columbia
University Press, 1975
New York, Routedge,
1996
London, Routedge,
2006
Delhi, Penguin, 2003
Muneesa Shamsie (ed)
OUP, 1997
Against all Odds: Essays
on Women, Religion
Development from India
and Pakistan
Atlas of Women and Menin
India
Women Writers with Fire
in their Pen, Cyber
Literature, Vol.2.
No.1Aug,1998
Breast Stories
Kamala Bhasin etal (ed)
Delhi, Kali for Women,
1994
Saraswathy Raju et al (ed)
Usha Bande
Delhi, Kali for women,
1999
Aug. 1998
Maheshweta Devi
Calcutta, Seagull, 1998
4
5
6
14
15
16
17
18
Susie Tharu & K. Lalitha
Gayle Green & Coppelia
Kahn
Sandra Gilbert & Susan
Gubar
Simon de Beauvoir
Publisher/Year
London, Hogarth, 1929
New York: Avon
Books, 1976
Delhi: Rawat
Publications, 2005
Delhi, OUP, 1991
New York: Routledge
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5. WEB RESOURCES
Emily Dickinson; An Overview academic brooklyn. cuny.
edu/english/melani/cs6/dickinson. html.
Poets.org Guide to Emily Dickenson‟s Collected Poems - Poets org.
www.poets.org/page php/prm ID/308
Wide Sargasso Sea Study Guide by Jean Rhys
study Guide www.bookrags.com/studyguidewidesargassoea.
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary and Analysis
Summary www.bookrags.com/wide-sargassosea
1A Room of One‟s Own Summary and Study Guide
www.enotes.com/room-ones 6.
Kamala Das Criticism
www.
enotes.com/poetry-criticism/das-
Kamala. 7.
Kamala Das Summary and Analysis
Summary
www.bookrags.com/Kamala-Das
6. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR CORE COURSES
WRITING FOR THE MEDIA
COURSE CODE
ENG6B04
TITLE OF THE COURSE
WRITING FOR THE MEDIA
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
6
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
4
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
90 5 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
This Course introduces students to writing in a professional environment and to the forms of writing
for the Mass Media.
The Course involves lectures, discussions and practice in data gathering, organizing and writing for
various media, including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film and the Web.
1. OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
•
•
•
•
Upon completion students should be able to:
Understand the nature of news, the role of journalism, advertising in a democratic
society, the ethical and legal restrictions on media writing, and the criteria for writing
excellence.
Master the basic writing and reporting skills for various media, including news writing for
print and broadcast media, and advertising copywriting.
Think critically about writing for the media (specifically broadcast journalism, digital media
and advertising); develop and apply media writing skills.
Exhibit competence in the mechanics of concise and clear writing through the use of
acceptable grammar, correct spelling, proper punctuation, and appropriate AP style.
2. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I – PRINT MEDIA
Introduction – The Media and the Message
Introduction to Print Media – Audience for the News
Feature Writing and Article Writing: Angle – Structure – Organisation
Newspaper Writing: Editorials – Letters to the Editor – Book and Film reviews
– Interviews - Lead: datelines – Credit-line – Bylines – Nut-graph – Headlines –
Op-ed Pieces
5 Editing: Grammar – Punctuation – Subbing – Proof-reading –
Freelancing
6 Writing for Magazines: Action – Angle – Anecdote
1.
2.
3.
4.
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MODULE II – ELECTRONIC MEDIA
a. Radio: Radio as a Mass Medium – Radio Skills – Broadcast Writing – Broadcast Terms
–
Scripting for Radio – Story Structure – Lead, Body, Ending – Writing Radio News and
Features Programmes for Radio (Features, News, Interviews, Skits, Music Programmes,
etc.) - Practical – Planning a Newscast – Radio Jockeying
b. Television: Television as a Mass Medium – Television Skills – Scripting for
TV - Programmes for TV (Features, News, Interviews, Music Programmes,
etc.) Practical - Anchoring, Interviewing.
c. Film: Fundamentals of Film Scripting, Screenplay and Production,
Documentary Film, News Reel.
Practical – Writing Short Screenplays, Film Reviews.
MODULE III – DIGITAL MEDIA
a. Kinds of Digital Media: E-book – E-magazine – E-journal – E-newspaper – Internet
– World Wide Web
b. Writing for Digital Media; Web Writing - Technical Writing – Blogging.Introduction to
Profile Writing – Broadcast News Analysis – Caption Writing – Copy
Writing/Content
Writing – Story Structure and Planning - Inverted Pyramid - Headline, Blurb,
Lead Digital Correspondence – Digital Editing - Assignments in Technical Writing,
Web
Writing, Blogging.
MODULE IV – ADVERTISEMENT
a. Advertisement in Different Media – An Overview
b. Promotional Literature: Copywriting for Leaflets, Pamphlets, Brochures,
Classifieds – Text, Captions, Logo – Story-board etc.
MODULE V – STYLISTICS AND THE MEDIA
a. Difference in writing styles between Print, Electronic and Digital Media
b) Basic principles of AP Style (Associated Press Style Book) for Writing –
Use of the Style Book – Style as a Manner of Writing
– Clarity in Writing – Readability – Five „W‟s and „H‟ of Writing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
a. Different kinds of writing:
News Writing – Appropriate angle for a news story – Structuring news
– Qualities of effective leads –Using significant details – Effective revision
Article writing – Structuring for greatest effect – Preparation and organization of
article – Specific angle – specific audience.
Feature writing – structure – organisation – feature angles – simplicity in Style.
Writing for the screen – Writing effective film reviews –Basic principles of
writing for advertising – Writing for Interactive Media
editing – Copy editing process – Guiding principles of editing.
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READING LIST
A. CORE READING
Sl
Title
No
1
Writing for the Mass Media
(Sixth edition).
2
Basic News Writing
3
Writing and Reporting News: A
Coaching Method
News Writing & Reporting
4
Author
Publisher/Year
James Glen
Stovall
Melvin Menchar
Pearson Education, 2006
Carole Rich
Wadsworth/ Thomson Learning,
2003
Surjeeth Publications, 2003
James A Neal &
Suzane S Brown
Ted White
William. C.Brown Co., 1983
5
Broadcast News Writing,
Reporting & Production
6
An Introduction to Digital
Media
Tony Feldman
(Blueprint Series) 1996
7
8
9
10
Advertising
Ahuja & Chhabra
Sujeeth Publications, 1989
Dell Publishing, 1984
Macmillan, 2008
Vistaar Publications, 2007
The Screenwriter's Workbook Syd Field
E-Writing
Dianna Boother
Mass Communication Theory Denis Mcquail
Macmillan
B. FURTHER READING
Sl
Title
No
1
Writing and Producing News
2
A Crash Course in
Screenwriting
3
Digital Media: An
Introduction
4
The Art of Editing the News
5
6
7
Digital Media Tools
News reporting and Editing
The News Writer‟s
Handbook: an Introduction to
Author
Publisher/Year
Eric Gormly
David Griffith
Surjeet Publications, 2005
Scottish Screen, 2004
Richard L Lewis
Prentice Hall
Robert.C
McGiffort
Chilton Book Co., 1978
Dr.Chapman
Nigel
K.M Srivastava
M.L Stein, ,
Paterno, Susan.F
(Paperback - 26 Oct 2007)
Sterling Publications
Surjeeth Publications, 2003
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8
9
10
11
12
Journalism
The Associated Press Style
Norm
Book and Libel Manuel
The TV Writer's Workbook : A Ellen Sandler
Creative Approach to
Television
Understanding Journalism
Lynette Sheridan
Burns
Media and Society in the
Kevin Kawamoto
Digital Age
Media in the Digital Age
J.V Pavlik
The A.P, 1994
Delta, 2007
Vistaar Publications, 2004
Pearson Education, 2002
(Paperback - 1 May 2008)
5. WEB RESOURCES
[email protected]
http://www.scottishscreen.com
http://www.subtle.net/empyre/
http://www.billseaman.com
http://www.inplaceofthepage.co.uk
http://www.desvirtual.com http://www.bruecknerkuehner.de/block
6. MODEL QUESTIONS (To be incorporated)
Sample Topics for Assignments
1. Students may opt to do creative writing project representing an
engagement with their experience of the course.
2. Submit three focus story ideas that you could write for the campus news
paper. Identify them as news or feature stories.
3. Attend three events of your locality and write a basic news story about it.
4. Keep a journal of your reading habits for a week. Write a paragraph each day
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about the kinds of stories you read and did not read, how many you read all the way through and how
many you read just through the headlines alone or the first few paragraphs only. Give an
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
empirical conclusion to your observations.
Watch the TV news bulletin for a week. Is the news the same or different from the print news?
Do you have greater faith in the medium? Why?
Concentrate on a particular publication of E-newspaper for at least a week. Reflect on its
views, values and stylistic qualities.
Take three published news stories. Use the internet search engines to substantiate facts in the
story.
Write a detailed story board for a 30 second Advertisement, complete with even the voiceover.
Write the script and a screen play for a 20 minute documentary film.
Expectations:
Organizational visit and participation of each student is essential and obligatory. It will be the basis of
evaluation and grading. Assignments are due at the end of the course.
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RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR ELECTIVES
WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION
COURSE CODE
ENG6B05E01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
6
IS TO BE TAUGHT
•
NO. OF CREDITS
2
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
54 (3 hrs/wk)
1.
AIM OF THE COURSE
To develop sensible response to great classics in translation and fine tune
analytical skills with a view to achieving a broad, wholesome vision of life
2.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To introduce students to the world‟s best classics in translation.
To generate a broad vision of life by making the students to come to grips with
universal problems and varied life situations.
To make the students to have a feel of excellent classics in translation in
various genres-Poetry, Fiction, Short Story and Drama-by a judicious selection. It should
instill in the students a spirit of enquiry and further exploration.
•
•
•
3.
COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I - POETRY
a)
A general introduction to world classics in translation
b) Poetry. A brief introduction
FOR DETAILED STUDY
Dante-The Divine Comedy - 3 Paradiso Canto XXI (Penguin)
Goethe: “The Reunion” (Source: Goethe: http://www.poetry-archive.com/g/goethe) (The
Poem Itself, ed. Stanley Burnshaw, Penguin)
A.S. Pushkin: “I Loved You” (Alexander Pushkin: Selected Works Vol I. Russian
Classic Series, Progress Publishers)
NON-DETAILED:
An introduction to Homer and Virgil touching on The Iliad, The Odyssey and The Aeneid
MODULE II - DRAMA
1.
2.
A brief introduction to world drama in general
FOR DETAILED STUDY
Sophocles: Oedipus Rex. Cambridge University Press, 2006
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3.
NON-DETAILED
Bhasa: Karnabharam: Sudarshan Kumar Sharma, (trans). Parimal Publications
.
MODULE III - FICTION AND SHORT STORIES
1.
A brief introduction
2.
FICTION: NON-DETAILED STUDY.
Dostoevsky: Notes from Underground. Vintage, 1994.
Herman Hesse: Siddhartha. Bantam Classics, 1981.
3.
4.
SHORT FICTION – DETAILED STUDY
Leo Tolstoy: The Repentant Sinner (Collected Series, Vol I, Progress
Publishers)
READING LIST:A) FURTHER READING
Sl.
No
1
2
3
4
5
Title
Author
Publisher/Year
Three Centuries of
Russian Poetry
The Poem Itself
World Drama from
Aeschylus to Anouilh
Greek Drama
Greek Tragedy in
Action
Vladimir Nabokov
Stanley Burnshaw
Allardyce Nicoll
Houghton Miffin Harcourt,
2008
UK: Penguin Pelican, 1964
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1950
Moses Hadas
Taplin, Oliver
Bantam Classics, 1983
Routledge, 2002
* For fiction and for each author Twentieth Century Views/Casebook Series/Teach Yourself
Series could be used.
5. CYBER RESOURCES
www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/2900/ www.flipkart.com/karnabharam-madhyama-vyayogamahakavi-bhasa
6. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR ELECTIVES
REGIONAL LITERATURES IN TRANSLATION
COURSE CODE
ENG6B05E02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
REGIONAL LITERATURES IN TRANSLATION
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
6
IS TO BE TAUGHT
•
•
NO. OF CREDITS
2
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
54 (3 hrs/wk)
1.
AIM OF THE COURSE
To expose students to the literatures representing India in various regional
languages to connect some of the myriad „little‟ Indian reality
2.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To develop familiarity in the students with the cultural, linguistic and social
nuances of regional literature
To overcome language barrier in the appreciation of good literature
To equip students with critical and analytical skills to respond to texts in
various regional languages in India
To enable students to transcend cultural barriers in understanding,
foregrounding and contesting the „transcultural‟ India
To inculcate a sense of oneness as Indians while learning to assert one‟s
own cultural identity and politics
•
•
•
•
3.
COURSE OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
Importance of Regional Literatures - Scope of Regional Literatures - Dominant themes and
Motifs in Regional Literatures
MODULE I – POETRY
1. AMRITA PRITAM (PUNJABI) : “I am the Daughter of the Land of Dravida”
2.KA NA SUBRAMANIAM (TAMIL) : “Experience”
3.NAVAKANTA BARUNA (ASAMIYA) : “Judas of the Arunerian
Miniature” 4.AJNEYA (HINDI) : “Houses”
5.SITAKANT MAHAPATRA (ORIYA) : “ Death of Krishna”
6.BALACHANDRAN CHULLIKKAD (MALAYALAM) : “Ghazal”. (From Sachidanandan.K (ed)
Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets, New Delhi: National Book Trust India, 2000)
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MODULE II – DRAMA
1. SALISH ALEKAR (MARATHI) : “The Terrorist” (From Salish Alekar. Collected Plays of
Satish Alekar. New Delhi: OUP, 2009)
2. KALIDASA (SANSKRIT) : Act IV of Kalidasa‟s Abhijnana Sakunthalam-(Kalidasa.
Abhijnana Sakunthalam. Trans.A.R. Kale. New Delhi: Mottilal Benarasidass, )
MODULE III – FICTION
1. U.R.ANANTHAMURTHY (KANNADA) : “Samskara” (From U.R.Anantha Murthy. Samskara: A Rite
for a Dead Man Trans.
2. A.K. Ramanujan. New Delhi OUP, 1976)
3 . QURRATUALAIN HYDER (URDU) “Confessions of St. Flora of Georgia” (From Bhabam
Bhattacharya. Contemporary Indian Short Stories Vol.II. Delhi, Sahitya Akademi , 1959
4. THARASHANKAR BANERJEE (BENGALI) “Boatman Tarini” (From Bhabam Bhattacharya.
Contemporary Indian Short Stories - Vol.III. Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1964)
5. V. CHANDRANSEKGA RAO (TELUGU) : “The story of the Fire-Bird, Red Rabbit and the
Endangered Tribes”
6.Geetha Dharmarajan. Kata Prize Stories: best of the 90‟s. New Delhi: Katha, 2002)
4.
READING LIST:-
A)
GENERAL READING
B)
CORE READING BOOKS LISTED/USEFUL IN MODULES I – III ABOVE)
Sl.
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Title
Author
Publisher/Year
Collected Plays of Satish
Alekar
Samskara: A Rite for a
Dead
Man
Trans.
A.K.Ramanujan
Contemporary
Indian
Short Stories Vol.11
Contemporary
Indian
Short Stories Vol.III.
Satish Alekar
New Delhi: OUP, 2009.
U,R.Anantha Murthy
New Delhi OUP, 1976.
Bhabam Bhattacharya
Delhi, Sahitya Akademi ,
1959
Delhi: Sahitya Akademi,
1964.
Bhabam Bhattacharya
Kata Prize Stories: best Geeta Dharmarajan
of the 90‟s
Abhijana
Sakunthalam. (Trans) A.R. Kale
Trans. A.R. Kale
New Delhi: Katha, 2002
Signature : One Hundred
Indian Poets
New Delhi, NET INDIA,
2000
K.Sachidanandan
Mottilal
1969.
Benarasidass,
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C) FURTHER READING
Sl. Title
No
1
Another India
2
3
4
Author
Publisher/Year
Nissim
Ezekiel, New Delhi: Penguin, 1990
Meenakshi Mukherjee
(ed)
Literarures in Modern Gokak V.K. (ed)
Delhi: The
Publication
Indian Languages
Division, 1957
New Writing in India Adil Jussawalla (ed)
Harmondsworth:
Penguin,
1974
U.R.Anantha Murthy's Kailash
C.
Baral Pencraft International, 2005
Samskara: A Critical (ed.) Sura P.
Rath
Reader
(ed.) D. Venkat Rao
(ed.)
5. CYBER RESOURCES
http://www.unipune.ernet.in/dept/lalitkala/sa2.htm
www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/index.htm
6. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR ELECTIVES
DALIT LITERATURE
Course Code
Title of the course
Semester in which the course
is to be taught
No. of credits
No. of contact hours
ENG6B05E03
Dalit Literature
6
2
54 (3 hrs/wk)
MODULE I PROSE
1.Sunny M. Kapikkad
The Dalit Presence in Malayalam Literature
(trans. Malayalam)
2.Sharankumar Limbale About Dalit Literature (trans. Marathi)
3.Aravind Malagatti
Coins on the Corpse and the Wedding Feast
(trans. Kannada)
4.Raj Gauthaman
Dalith Culture (trans. Tamil)
MODULE II POETRY
(Trans. Malayalam
1.Raghavan Atholi
Kandathi
2.K.K.S. Das
Black Dance
(Trans. Marathi)
3.Namdeo Dhasal
Hunger
4.Hira Bansode
Yasodhara
(Trans. Tamil)
5.Sukirtharani
Gigantic Trees
6.Pratibha Jeyachandran The Question
MODULE III SHORT STORY
1.Bandhumadhav
2.Anna Bhau Sathe
3.C. Ayyappan
4.Abhimani
The Poisoned Bread (Trans. Marathi)
Gold from the Grave (Trans. Marathi)
Madness (Trans. Malayalam)
The Show (Trans. Tamil)
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MODULE IV DRAMA
1.A. Santhakumar
Dreamhunt (Trans. Malayalam)
CORE READING MATERIALS
i. K.Satyanarayana & Susie Tharu (ed.). (2011). No Alphabet in
Sight: New Dalit Writing from South India. New Delhi: Penguin
Books. Lesson 4 (p.149-57); Lesson 5 (p.345-347); Lesson 6 (p.41418); Lesson 9 (p.315-6); Lesson 10 (p.211-3); Lesson 14 (p.75-80)
ii. Arjun Dangle (ed). (1992) Poisoned Bread. Bombay: Orient
Longman. Lesson 7 (p.42-5); Lesson 8 (p.31-2); Lesson 11 (p.147154); Lesson 12 p.210-15)
iii. Dasan M., Pratibha V. et al (ed). 2012. The Oxford India
Anthology of MalayalamDalit Writing. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press. Lesson 1 (p.259-67); Lesson 13 (p.68-71); Lesson
15 (p.169-179)
iv. Sharankumar Limbale. 2004. Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit
Literature. (trans. from Marathi: Alok Mukherjee). New Delhi:
Orient Longman(Lesson 2 (p.19-22)
v. Aravind Malagatti. (2007) Government Brahmana. (trans. from
Kannada by Dharan Devi Malagatti, et al). Chennai: Orient
Longman. Lesson 3 (p.7-11)
Further Reading
1.
2.
3.
4.
Baby Kamble. (2008) The Prisons We Broke. (Trans. from Marathi by
Maya Pandit) Chennai: Orient Longman.
Gunasekaran K.A. (2009) The Scar. (Trans. from Tamil by V.
Kadambari) Chennai: Orient Blackswan.
Sivakami P. (2006) The Grip of Change. Chennai: Orient Longman.
Ravikumar & Azhagarasan. (2012) The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil
Dalit Writing. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SYLLABI FOR COMPLEMENTARY COURSE
OFFERED BY BOARD OF STUDIES IN INGLISH (UG)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION - I
ENG1C01 Paper I - English Language and Communication – The Basics.
Module I
Grammar and Usage – Grammaticality and Acceptability – Descriptive and
Prescriptive approach to language - Parts of Speech – Sentence (Declarative,
Affirmative, Negative, and Interrogative) – Simple, Complex and Compound
sentences - Clause – Phrase – Transformation of sentences.
Module II
Tense – Word order and concord – Verbs (Finite, Nonfinite, linking verbs,
auxiliary verbs, modals, phrasal verbs) – Nouns – Determiners – Word
formation – Punctuation – Some common errors in English.
Module III
Adverbial Clauses and Conjunctions - Prepositions - · Organising Information
Module IV
Basics of Communication (Meaning, importance, process) – Principles of
Communication – Objectives of Communication – Verbal and non-verbal
communication – Barriers to communication (psychological, linguistic, sociocultural) – The four essential Communication skills – receptive and active skills
– Fluency and Accuracy in communication.
Core Books
Hewings,Martin. - Advanced Grammar in Use .New Delhi: CUP, 2008. (For
classroom teaching and
practice)
Ur.Penny. - Grammar Practice Activities: A Practical Guide for
Teachers. Cambridge: CUP,2008 .
(Topics for Assignments may be chosen from this Practice
book)
Reference
Quirk ,Randolf et al- Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.
London Longman,1983.
Leech, Geoffey, and Jan Svartvick - A Communicative Grammar of
English. London:Longman 1998
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Reading List.
1. R.W. Zandvoort
2. David Greene
and Composition
3. A.J. Thomson & A.V. Martinet
4. Michael Swan
5. John Sealy
Speaking (OUP 2000)
6. P.Kiranmayi Dutt
Geetha Rajeevan &
Books ‐2000
C.L.N. Prakash
7. Kamalesh Sadananda &
Course for Speakers of
Susheela Punitha
: A Handbook of English Grammar
: Contemporary English Grammar, Structures
: A Practical English
: Practical English Usage
: Oxford Guide to Effective
Writing and
: A Course in Communication – Foundation
: Spoken English A
Malayalam – Part I & II
Foundation
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SYLLABI FOR COMPLEMENTARY COURSE OFFERED BY
BAORD OF STUDIES IN ENGLISH (UG)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION - II
ENG2C02 Paper II- Presentation Skills
Module I
Theories of Communication – Oral and Written Communication – Features of
oral communication –word stress – intonation - falling and rising tones
Module II
Conversations – Vocabulary – Introducing yourself – Body Language – Public
speaking - Debates – Group Discussion – Discussion Skills – Interview skills
and etiquettes – Meetings - Voice and delivery – Dress code – Class seminar
presentation – Viva voce.
Module III
Telephone skills – Handling calls – Leaving messages – Making enquiries –
Placing an order – Booking and arrangements – Change of plan – Handling
complaints.
Module IV
Computer aided presentations – Basic computer skills – OHP – Preparation of
slides – Power point presentation – Visuals and sounds.
Reading List
1. Ashok Thorat & Munira Lokhandwala
Communication in
2.
: Enriching Oral & written
English (Orient Black Swan)
Kenneth Anderson, Joan Maclean & Tony Lynch : Study Speaking – A Course in Spoken
English
for Academic Purposes –
(CUP)
3. Priyadarshi Patnaik
Interview Skills –
: Group Discussion and
(Foundation Books)
4. B. Jean Naterop & Rod Revell
: Telephoning in English (CUP)
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RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SYLLABI FOR COMPLEMENTARY COURSE OFFERED BY
BOARD OF STUDIES IN ENGLISH (UG)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION - III
ENG3C03 -Paper III – Business Communication
Module I
An introduction to communication –Features and techniques of effective
communication – Building vocabulary – Literal and figurative meaning –
word beginnings and endings –collocations – using dictionaries and other
sources.
Module II
The Nature and Process of Communication
Categories of Communication - Communication for Business –
Characteristics of business communication - objectives of Business
Communication – interpersonal communication – mass communicationModule III
Communication through technology – Communication is the life-line of an
Organisation – Formal Communication – Types, merits and limitations of
formal communication – Grapevine phenomenon of communication –
characteristics and functions of grapevine communication – merits and
limitations of grapevine communication. E-communication – importance and
impact – computer technology in communication
Module IV
Applications and letters – Job applications – difference between personal
letter and official letter - covering letter – Resume – types and features of
resume – job interviews – development of positive attitude – persuasive
communication.
Reading List
1. J.P.Parikh, Anshu Surve,Swarnabharathi
Basic Concepts
& Asma Baharainwala
2. Ashok Thorat & Munira Lokhandwala
Communication in
3.
:
Business
Communication.
:
and Skills.
Enriching
Oral & written
English (Orient Black Swan)
Kenneth Anderson, Joan Maclean & Tony Lynch : Study Speaking – A Course in Spoken
English
for Academic Purposes –
(CUP)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SYLLABI FOR COMPLEMENTARY COURSE OFFERED BY
BOARD OF STUDIES IN ENGLISH (UG)
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION - IV
ENG4C04 Paper IV– Academic Writing
Module I
Text – types of texts – the structure of a text –variations in academic texts –
approaches to writing - ways of writing – random thoughts – organized writing
– Process of writing –plagiarism – limitations of „cut and paste‟ – paraphrasing –
summarizing.
Module II
Writing Paragraphs – types of paragraphs – how to organize paragraphs –
spellings and common mistakes –sequence and order - spatial order and visuals
– graphics.
Module III
Text Genres – different genres – various types of letters – news papers, reports
and research articles – use of informal language – writing reports and research
papers – format – sections – structure – elements of abstracts. Presenting your
ideas – editing.
Core Text:
Renu Gupta : A Course in Academic Writing (Orient Black Swan)
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RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABI FOR OPEN COURSES
FOR STUDENTS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES
FILM STUDIES
COURSE CODE
ENG5D01
TITLE OF THE COURSE
FILM STUDIES
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE IS TO
5
BE TAUGHT
1.
•
2
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
54 (3 hrs/wk)
AIM OF THE COURSE
To introduce students to films studies as a discipline and to develop in them
analytical and critical skills so that they can appreciate cinema as an independent art form.
2.
•
•
NO. OF CREDITS
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To arrive at an appreciation of film as an art form and its aesthetics
To see film as a gateway subject and to foster through film an understanding
of visual aesthetics, forms and technological innovation.
To understand how film connects with history, politics technology,
psychology and performance.
To critically appraise the nature of representation on screen and how class,
race ethnicity and sexuality are represented.
•
•
•
To probe the impact of practices and regulations such as censorship, cultural policy,
industry awards and international distribution in film reception.
•
To develop analytical skills so that the student can produce informed and
thorough close readings of films.
3.
COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE 1
Introduction to the basic terminology of filmmaking Mise en scene, long takes deep focus Shots (close up,
medium shot, long shot)
Editing: chronological editing, cross cutting , montage , continuity editing , continuity cuts , jump cuts ,
match cuts, 30 degree rule ,180 degree rule. Sound in the movies, colour in the movies.
The production, distribution and reception of films; censorship
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MODULE II
Introduction to film genres
The Major genres: Narrative, avant-garde, documentary
Other genres: Thriller, melodrama, musical, horror, western, fantasy animation film noir
expressionist historical, mythological, road movies
MODULE III
Introduction to major movements and theories
The silent era; classic Hollywood cinema, Neo-Realism, French New wave, Indian cinema
Introduction to the film theories of Sergei Eisenstein, Andre Bazin , auteur theory, Christian
Metz and Laura Mulvey
MODULE IV SELECTED FILM TEXTS
1 Andre Bazin : The Evolution of the Language of Cinema („What is Cinema‟)
2 Satyajit Ray: What is Wrong with Indian Films (from „Our Films Their Films‟)
3 Ronald Abramson “ Structure and Meaning in Cinema in Movies and Methods Ed. Bill
Nichols
4 C.S. Venkitsweran , Swayamvaram : Classic Prophecies in Film and Philosophy ed. K Gopinathan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
MODULE V CASE STUDIES OF CLASSIC CINEMA
Battleship Potemkin – Silent Cinema, Montage
Bicycle Thieves: Neo Realism
The Godfather: Hollywood Classic
Charulata: Indian Classic
Rashomon: Asian Classic. Japanese Cinema
Chemmeen: Malayalam Classic
4.
READING LIST:a) RECOMMENDED READING
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Amy Villarejo. Film Studies : The Basics London & New York Routledge. 2007
Warren Buckland Teach Yourself Film studies , London , Hadden
Virginia Wright Wexman A History of Film Delhi , Pearson
Susan Heyward Key concepts in Cinema Studies London Routledge
J Dudley Andrew The Major Film Theories : An Introduction New Delhi Oxford
Michael Silverman (eds) “Elements of Literature” The Elements
of Film New Delhi, OUP Pages 1451-1491.
b) FURTHER READING
1.
Leo Braudy & Marshall Cohen Eds. Film Theory and Criticism Oxford OUP
2.
Geoffry Nowell Smith. The Oxford History of World Cinema Oxford
OUP
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3.
4.
5.
Satyjit Ray Our Films Their Films Hyderabad Orient Longman
J Dudley Andrew Concepts in Film theory
Jarek Kupsc The History of Cinema for Beginners Hyderabad ,
Orient Longman
6.
Victor Perkins Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies.
Harmondsworth, Penguin
7.
Bill Nicols ed. Movies and Methods
8.
Rudolf Arnheim Film as Art London Faber
9.
Andre Bazin What is Cinema Berkeley U of California P
10.
John Caughie (ed) Theories of Authorship London BFI
11.
John Corner The Art of Record: A Critical Introduction to
Documentary, Manchester UP
12.
David Bordwell The Cinema of Eisenstein London Routledge
13.
Ashish Rajadyaksha & Paul Willeman Encyclopedia of Indian
Cinema Oxford & New Delhi OUP
14.
John Hill & Pamela Church Gilson (eds) The Oxford Guide to Film
Studies OUP
15.
David Overly (ed) Springtime in Italy: A Reader on Neorealism
London, Talisman
16.
James Monaco The New Wave NY OUP
17.
Keiko McDonald Cinema East: A Critical Study of Major Japanese
Films, London. Associated University Presses
18.
Chidananda Das Gupta The Cinema of Satyajit Ray New Delhi Vikas
5.
CYBER RESOURCES
(To be incorporated)
6. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SYLLABI FOR OPEN COURSES
FOR STUDENTS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES
CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
COURSE CODE
ENG5D02
TITLE OF THE COURSE
CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
5
IS TO BE TAUGHT
1.
•
NO. OF CREDITS
2
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
54 (3 hrs/wk)
AIM OF THE COURSE
To acquaint students with the basic principles and techniques involved in writing
poetry, fiction and drama
To develop students‟ talent for creative writing in English and to encourage them
to keep writing
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2.
•
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
To introduce the concept of creative writing
To familiarise students with the process of writing poetry, fiction and drama
To train students to write the various forms
To prepare students to write for the media
To encourage students to write for publication
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•
3.
COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I – INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
Creativity – inspiration – art – propaganda – madness – imagination – creative writing/teaching of –
importance of reading
MODULE II – THE ART AND CRAFT OF WRITING
Tropes, figures – style, register – formal, informal usage – varieties of English – language and gender
– disordered language – playing with words – grammar and word order - tense and time - grammatical
differences
MODULE III – MODES OF CREATIVE WRITING
a) POETRY: Definitions - functions of language - poetry and prose - shape, form, and technique rhyme and reason – fixed forms and free verse – modes of poetry: lyrical, narrative, dramatic – voices
- Indian English poets – interview - verse for children - problems with writing poetry - writing poetry -
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Workshops
b) FICTION: Fiction, non-fiction - importance of history - literary and popular fiction – short story and
novel – interview - writing fiction for children - children‟s literature - interview - workshops
c) DRAMA: Drama - plot - characterization – verbal and non verbal elements – overview of Indian
English theatre – styles of contemporary theatre – Indian playwrights - interview - writing for films –
screenplay – children‟s theatre – writing drama - workshops
MODULE IV- WRITING FOR THE MEDIA
Print media - broadcast media – internet - advertising
MODULE V – PUBLICATION TIPS
Revising and rewriting – proof reading – editing – submitting manuscript for publication
– summary
EXTENSION ACTIVITY (READING)
A reading of a few pieces of creative writing of well known authors is to be undertaken as
an extended activity. The reading may be done as a class room activity under the guidance
of teacher or optionally, students read the pieces at home and a discussion on the various
aspects may be undertaken later in class. It could also be done as a group activity in
classroom with the group leader presenting the summary of the ideas generated at the
discussion. Loud reading of poems and stories and role plays of sections of plays is to be
encouraged.
A sample collection of pieces is given. The list is only suggestive. A resourceful teacher
is free to select any number of pieces of his/her choice. Being an open course, such an
activity will be of a serious nature.
POETRY
Wordsworth
Robert Frost
Shakespeare
Pablo Neruda
Wole Soyinka
Tagore
Emily Dickinson
FICTION
O. Henry
Prem Chand
Chinua Achebe
Anton Chekhov
Saki
DRAMA
Shakespeare
Stanley Houghton
Tagore
Chekhov
: The Solitary Reaper
: Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
: Shall I compare thee to a summer‟s day?
: Tonight I Can Write
: Telephone Conversation
: Where the Mind is Without Fear
: It‟s Such a Little Thing
: The Last Leaf
: Resignation
: Marriage is a Private Affair
: The Grief
: The Open Window
: The Merchant of Venice (The Trial Scene)
: The Dear Departed
: Chandalika
: The Bear
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4. READING LIST:A)
CORE TEXT
Sl.
Title
No
1 Creative Writing: A
Beginner‟s Manual
B)
Title
1
Elements of
Literature:
Essay, Fiction, Poetry,
Drama, Film
Write from the Heart:
Unleashing the power
of Your Creativity
A Guide to Writing
about Literature
3
Anjana Neira Dev,
Anuradha Marwah,
Swati Pal
Place/Publisher/Year
Delhi, Pearson Longman,
2009
FURTHER READING
Sl.
No
2
Author/s
Author/s
Place/Publisher/Year
Robert Scholes, Nancy Delhi, OUP, 2007
R. Comley, Carl H.
Klaus, Michael
Silverman
Hal Zina Bennet
California, New World
Library, 2001
Sylvan Barnet,
William E. Cain
New Delhi, Pearson, 2006
5. CYBER RESOURCES
http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles_various/creative-writer.asp
http://www.contentwriter.in/articles/writing/ http://www.cbse.nic.in/cwxii/creative-writing-xii-unit-1.pdf: (downloadable
free)
6. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SYLLABI FOR OPEN COURSES
FOR STUDENTS OF OTHER DISCIPLINES
APPLIED LANGUAGE SKILLS
COURSE CODE
TITLE OF THE COURSE
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
ENG5D03
APPLIED LANGUAGE SKILLS
5
IS TO BE TAUGHT
NO. OF CREDITS
2
NO. OF CONTACT HOURS
55 3 hrs/wk)
1. AIM OF THE COURSE
English is moving into a position of strength, emerging as the single universally known spoken and
accepted language. There is a growing thrust on the language, specifically the communicative
aspect of English. The course shall cater to equipping the students through a rigorous training and
result in comprehensive language enhancement.
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•
•
•
•
2.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE
Upon completion students should be able to:
Fulfil their educational and professional goals as they relate to their knowledge and use of the English
language.
Gain a sound functional competence in the English language without the
impediment of language difficulties.
Overcome difficulties cropping up at the time of interviews, in group
discussions, or during entrance examinations.
Develop a high level of proficiency in all skill areas of the English language in
an integrated curriculum.
Develop a solid understanding and usage of academic English.
Attain an appropriate level of expertise in the skill area: reading, listening
comprehension, grammar, writing and verbal skills.
3. COURSE OUTLINE
MODULE I – LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
Principles of Communication - Verbal and Non-verbal communication -Barriers to
Communication: Psychological barriers – Linguistic barriers – Socio-cultural barriers - The four
essential Communication Skills: Receptive and Active Skills Fluency and Accuracy in
Communication
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MODULE II – RESOURCES FOR LANGUAGE SKILLS
a) Conventional Resources: Dictionaries – Thesaurus – Pronunciation Dictionary –
Collocation Dictionary – Dictionaries of Idioms and Phrases – Grammar Books
b) Electronic Resources: On-line Dictionaries and Thesaurus – Introduction to HTML –
Subject Directories – Web Resources for Language Learners – Using search Engines –
Browsers and Servers – Boolean Search – CD-Rom – Computer Assisted Language
Learning (CALL)
c) Practical: Vocabulary building exercises – Pronunciation drilling – Transcription – Grammar
in content and context - exercises
MODULE III – ACTIVE SKILLS (SPEAKING AND WRITING)
1)Speech Skill:
Conventions in Speaking: Sounds – Articulation – Pronunciation of Words – Stress – Intonation –
Rhythm – Weak forms and Strong Forms.
Approach to Effective Conversation: Starting a conversation – Greetings and Asking after –
Introducing oneself – Wishing Well – Apologizing – Excusing – Asking for and giving Information –
Making Requests, suggestions, Offers, Orders – Agreeing – Disagreeing – Giving and asking
Permission – Making invitations – Accepting and Rejecting – Expression of likes and dislikes – ending
a conversation.
2) Writing Skill
a) Common Errors in Grammar, Vocabulary and Usage
b) General Writing: Purpose, Structure, Layout and Form - Business Correspondence – Reports
– Requests and Petitions – Complaints – Feature Writing – Article Writing
c) Academic Writing: Planning, Structuring and Drafting – Introduction, the Body and Conclusion
Project Writing – Planning and Research – Book Reviews – Abstract – Synopsis – Seminars
– Symposia
d) E-writing: e-mail Exchange – Blogging – Writing On-line – Content Writing for Websites
e) Practical/Assignments (Samples):
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•
•
•
Drilling – Sounds and Passages to familiarize the intonation and stress pattern
Role playing – conversation based on a given situation
Write Features, Articles, Reports, etc. on given topics
Prepare articles, features, contents and the like to be uploaded on to the Blog
created by the Department
MODULE IV – RECEPTIVE SKILLS (READING AND LISTENING SKILLS)
1)
Reading Skill
The purpose of Reading – Reading for Detail – Reading for Specific Information – Promotion of Fluent
Reading – Intensive and Extensive Reading – Silent and Loud Reading
2)
Listening Skill
Difference between listening and hearing – Qualities of an active listener – Barriers to listening –
Academic listening (Taking notes – Comprehending a form or a table, chart etc) – listening for
inferences – listening for specific information, and listening for overall information.
Practical/Assignments (Samples):
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Read a passage and answer the comprehension questions based on it
Test the student‟s rendition of the passage and assess the progress
O
O
Assess the student‟s pronunciation and fluency based on his/her loud
reading of either a passage or conversation
Students should be exposed to British, American and General Indian English
O
varieties and his/her listening skill assessed
Students may be exposed to recorded academic lectures, news reading in TV
O
or Radio Channels, dialogues and group discussions and their listening skill assessed.
Prepare a brief report of the news heard on national or international English
O
channels
O
MODULE V – CAREER SKILLS
Curriculum Vitae/Resumé – Job Application – Cover Letter
Discussion Skills – Group Discussion – Debates – Facing and Conducting
Interviews –– Seminars and Conferences – Organizing Formal and Informal Meetings
c)
Presentation Skills
Assessing Students‟ Skills – Planning Presentation – Visual aids – New Technology for Presentation –
Preparing Presentation – Delivering Presentation
a)
b)
d)
Practical/Assignments (Samples)
Students may be asked to prepare a Resumé, Cover letter and a Job
O
Application
Initiate group discussions of given topics
Conduct a mock interview for a profession, the students taking up the role
of interviewers and interviewees
Organise a formal meeting on the proposed agenda, the students assuming
O
different roles
Prepare and Deliver Presentation with audio-visual aids
O
All these activities can be monitored by a panel of students.
O
O
O
Expectations:
The full-time curriculum includes a minimum of 4 hours of coursework per week, plus individual
mentoring and time spent in the English Language Learning Centre/Lab.
4.
READING LIST
5.CYBER RESOURCES
(To be incorporated)
6. MODEL QUESTIONS
(To be incorporated)
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CORE READING
Sl
No
1
Title
Study Listening
Author
Tony Lynch
Kenneth
Anderson. Joan
Maclean and Tony
Lynch
Eric H.
Glendinning and
Beverly
Holmstrom
Liz Hamp-Lyons
and Ben Heasley
John Seely
2
Study Speaking
3
Study Reading
4
Study Writing
Oxford Guide to Effective
Writing and Speaking
Structures and Strategies: An Lloyd Davis and
Introduction to Academic
Susan Mckay
Writing
Towards Academic English: Mark Cholij
Developing Effective Skills
S C Sood and
Language Skills -I
Mita
Bose et al
Technical Presentation Skills Steve Mandel
5
6
7
8
9
10
Conversational Practice
Grand Taylor
Publisher/Year
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Cambridge
University
Press,
4282/GA - IV
- B2/2012/CU
(Page : 667)
2004
Cambridge University Press,
2004
Cambridge University Press,
2006
New Delhi: OUP, 2000
Hyderabad, University Press
India .Pvt.Ltd., 2008
New Delhi: CUP, 2007
Manohar Publishers &
Distributors, 2005
New Delhi: Viva Books
Pvt.Ltd., 2004
Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishing
Company Limited, 2008
B. GENERAL READING
Sl
No
1
Title
Applied English: Language
Skills for Business and
Everyday Use
2
A Course in Communication
Skills
3
Speaking and Writing for
Effective Business
Communication
Developing Communication
Skills
Academic Encounters
4
5
Author
Publisher/Year
Robert E Barry
Prentice Hall, 1994
P. Kiranmai Dutt,
Geetha Rajeevan
and CLN Prakash
Francis
Soundararaj
Foundation Books, 2009
Krishna Mohan
and Meera Banerji
Kristine Brown
and Susan Hood
Chennai: Macmillan, 2008
Macmillan, 2008
Foundation Books, 2006
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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
RESTRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR
BA PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
PROJECT
COURSE CODE
DNENG6B06
TITLE OF THE COURSE
PROJECT
SEMESTER IN WHICH THE COURSE
5 and 6
4282/GA - IV - B2/2012/CU (Page : 668)
IS TO BE TAUGHT
GUIDELINES FOR THE PROJECT WORK
INTRODUCTION
The Scheme and Syllabus of BA Programme in English CCSS stipulates that the students
should do a final Project. The UG Board of Studies held on 29/07/2011 discussed and resolved to
propose specific guidelines for the preparation and submission of the said Project. The following
are the guidelines for conducting, reporting and submitting the Project in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English of the University of
Calicut.
The entire course of Project Work is spread in the last two Semesters namely V and VI
Semesters of the BA degree Programme. In the V Semester, the Course of Project work, with two
hours per week allotted is a non-credit Course. However, in the VI Semester, the Course of Project
Work is a logical and practical continuation of the Course of Project work done in the V Semester.
In the VI Semester, the Course of Project work carries 2 credits. The number of hours allotted per
week in the VI Semester also is 2 hours as in the case of the V Semester.
THE GUIDELINES TO BE FOLLOWED
The guidelines to be followed in the preparation, conducting, reporting, submission and
evaluation of the Project work are as follows:1. The topics shall strictly adhere to the authors or socio-cultural backgrounds/influences of
English Literature.
2. The candidates can take up a topic either from the prescribed syllabus or from outside the
prescribed syllabus. The projects on the topics outside the syllabus will attract grace marks.
3. It is recommended that the project should be carried out on individual basis. In special
cases Group presentation of projects can be allowed.
4. V Semester shall be devoted to the study of methodology of research and project work. By
the end of the V Semester, a Synopsis of Project work should be finalised with the help of
the guide.
5. The Synopsis of the Project, which is finalized by the end of V Semester, should be
submitted to the Department for approval. It shall consist of the following:
•
Title of the Project
•
Objectives
•
Review of Literature
•
Methodology including the reading list.
It is strongly recommended that, the Department need not wait till the end of the Semester
for the finalization of the topic for Project Work. The students shall be encouraged to start
the project work as early as possible in the V Semester itself. This will ensure enough
buffer time in case of unforeseen circumstances.
6. A Department Level Project Committee under the Chairmanship of Head of Department, in
its due course of meetings, shall approve the topics for Project work. The Department
Level
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Project Committee may or may not
conduct a zero-credit-zero-mark
general
viva to ascertain the competency of the candidates for conducting the project work. The
4282/GA - IV - B2/2012/CU (Page : 669)
Department Level
Project Committee shall give necessary guidelines, which should be taken note by the students
as well as the guide.
7. The approved topics, along with the name of students and the name of the guide/supervisor
should be displayed in a Notice Board under the Seal and Signature of the Head of the
Department.
8. Considering the number of students available in a batch and the number of Faculty members
available in a department, it is suggested that the students shall be grouped into 5 to 10 groups
consisting of 3 to 5 students. Each faculty member shall thus give guidance to one or two such
groups.
9. The VI Semester is fully devoted for
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Library Work and Data Collection
•
Data Analysis
•
Project Writing
•
Report Presentation and Submission
10. The candidates shall devote themselves to the realization of the project, making use of the
holidays. Hours allotted for Project work in the V and VI Semesters should be devoted for
attending lecture classes on Project work and for obtaining guidance from the Supervisor.
11. Each candidate shall submit the Report of the Project work, separately under his/her name.
However, in the case of group submission, the names of other members of the group shall be
mentioned in the Certificate signed by the Supervisor/Guide and Head of Department.
12. Normally a Report should consist of the following:• 25 to 30 A-4 size typed or printed pages
•
Font: Times New Roman
•
Letter size: 12 for running matter
•
Letter Size: 16 for Headings
•
Line Spacing: 1.5
•
Page Numbers: aligned to the top-center
•
Margins of 1.25 inches on all sides.
•
References if any may be given as Footnotes. However, this matter is left for the discretion
of the student and Supervisor.
•
Spiral binding.
•
Minor desirable variations can be
adopted by the DLPC (Depat. Level
Project Committee) of a College.
•
Structure of the Project Report is as follows:-
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“TITLE OF THE PROJECT REPORT IN CAPITAL
Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Award of
Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English
of the University of Calicut
by
(Students Name)
4282/GA - IV - B2/2012/CU (Page : 670)
Register Number
Emblem of the Institution
Month Year
Department
Name of College, Address
Page ii) Declaration by the candidate
Page iii) Certificate from the Supervisor, countersigned by the HoD.
Page iv) Acknowledgements if any.
Page v) Contents
13. It is of utmost importance that the student should refrain from plagiarism. The Supervisor shall
take utmost care in this regard.
14. Evaluation of the Project: The Project Report shall be subjected to both internal and external
evaluation. The Internal Evaluation shall be done at the Department level. As in the case of the
Core Courses, the Internal Evaluation of the project carries 25% Weightage. This has to be
awarded to the candidates on the basis of his/her performance in the project presentation
followed by an Internal Viva-Voce conducted by a three member Committee comprising of the
Head of Department, Supervisor, and a senior Faculty member. The External Evaluation of the
Project is based on the written material.
The external evaluation is done by a Board of Examiners consisting of a minimum of 3
members selected from a Panel of Examiners constituted from among the faculty members of
English. The Board of Examination shall consist of at least one faculty member from the
Department, the students of which are examined. A copy of the Project report shall be collected
and sent from the Colleges (Examination Centers) to the University and the External
Evaluation shall be arranged as per University decision.
Declaration of the Result: The student should get a minimum of C Grade for a pass.
In an instance of inability of obtaining a minimum grade of C, the Project may
be redone and the report may be resubmitted.